Gliese 317 b is an M-type star-orbiting gas giant exoplanet. It is an extrasolar planet located in the constellation Pyxis about 50 light-years away. It has a mass of 2.5 Jupiters, takes 1.9 years to complete one orbit around its star, and is 1.151 AU away from it. The planet has a mass of about 381.5 Earth masses, or 1.2 Jupiter masses, and orbits its star at a distance of about 0.95 astronomical units. The orbital period is approximately 1.9 years, with a slow orbital velocity of 14.82 km/s.
In July 2007, it was discovered that the planet was orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 317. It was discovered in 2007 and was announced at the time. The planet is a Jovian planet that orbits the Sun at approximately 95% of the distance between the Earth and the Sun. It’s an extrasolar planet (exoplanet) that orbits the star Gliese 317 in the Pyxis constellation. Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars other than the Sun.
In the southern constellation of Pyxis, Gliese 317 is a small red dwarf star with two exoplanetary companions. Based on parallax measurements, it is 49.6 light-years away from the Sun and is moving away with a radial velocity of +87.8 km/s. With an apparent visual magnitude of 11.98 and an absolute magnitude of 11.06, this star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye.
Gliese 317 b is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Gliese 317 for 692.9 days. It is assumed that it is a gas planet due to its high mass. It has a radius of about 150px and orbits its star further than Earth orbits the Sun. According to the most recent parallax records, the star is 49.95 light-years or 15.31 parsecs from Earth.
The planet’s orbital period, or year, is 695.66 days or 1.91 Earth years. By the time the Earth has completed a full year, it will have completed 0.52 orbits around its star. The semi-major axis is the point in the orbit that is farthest from its star. The Earth revolves around the Sun with a semi-major axis of just over 1 A.U. 1 A.U. is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. The planet orbits its star at a closer distance than Mars does to the Sun.
