Gliese 422 b is an

exoplanet An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first possible evidence of an exoplanet was noted in 1917 but was not recognized as such. The first confirmation of detection occurred in 1992. A different planet, init ...

orbiting the

red dwarf ''Red Dwarf'' is a British science fiction comedy franchise created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. T ...

Gliese 422 (

Innes' star Innes' star (Gliese 422) is an M-type dwarf, M3.5-type red dwarf, located in constellation Carina (constellation), Carina. It has around 35% of the mass of the Sun, yet only 1.1% of its luminosity, and an estimated surface temperature of ...

). Gliese 422 b was discovered in 2014, and the discovery was confirmed in 2020. It has a minimum mass of about ten times that of Earth. It is located on the inner edge of circumstellar habitable zone (HZ) of Gliese 422, which extends from 0.11 to 0.21 AU. Gliese 422 b's

semi-major axis In geometry, the major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter: a line segment that runs through the center and both foci, with ends at the two most widely separated points of the perimeter. The semi-major axis (major semiaxis) is the long ...

is 0.119 AU and its orbital period is 26.161 Earth days.

References

External links

* Giant planets in the habitable zone Exoplanets discovered in 2014 4 Exoplanets detected by radial velocity {{extrasolar-planet-stub