Gliese 12

Gliese 12

Artist's impression of Gliese 12 and its planet (foreground)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 00h 15m 49.24231s
Declination +13° 33 22.3163
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.6
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type M4V
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.600±0.04
Apparent magnitude (R) 12.296±0.08
Apparent magnitude (G) 11.399±0.003
Apparent magnitude (J) 8.619±0.020
Apparent magnitude (H) 8.068±0.026
Apparent magnitude (K) 7.807±0.020
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)51.04±0.26 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 618.065 mas/yr
Dec.: 329.446 mas/yr
Parallax (π)82.1938±0.0326 mas
Distance39.68 ± 0.02 ly
(12.166 ± 0.005 pc)
Details
Mass0.2414±0.0060 M
Radius0.2617+0.0058
−0.0070
 R
Luminosity (bolometric)0.00728±0.00015 L
Surface gravity (log g)5.21±0.07 cgs
Temperature3,296+48
−36
 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.32±0.06 dex
Rotation85 days
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<2 km/s
Age7.0+2.8
−2.2
 Gyr
Other designations
GJ 12, G 32-5, L 1154-29, LHS 1050, LP 464-42, LTT 10083, NLTT 786, PLX 42, TOI-6251, TIC 52005579, 2MASS J00154919+1333218
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata

Gliese 12 (GJ 12) is a red dwarf star located 39.7 light-years (12.2 parsecs) away in the constellation Pisces. It has about 24% the mass and 26% the radius of the Sun, and a temperature of about 3,296 K (3,023 °C; 5,473 °F). It is an inactive star and hosts one known exoplanet.