Gliese 682
Gliese 682 or GJ 682 is a red dwarf. It is listed as the 53rd-nearest known star system to the Sun, being 16.3 light years away from the Earth. Even though it is close by, it is dim with a magnitude of 10.95 and thus requires a telescope to be seen. It is located in the constellation of Scorpius, near the bright star Theta Scorpii.
The star is in a crowded region of sky near the Galactic Center, and so appears to be near a number of deep-sky objects from the Solar System's perspective. The star is only 0.5 degrees from the much more distant globular cluster NGC 6388.
Search for planets
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
b (unconfirmed) | >4.4 M🜨 | 0.08 | 17.48 | 0.08 | — | — |
c (unconfirmed) | >8.7 M🜨 | 0.18 | 57.32 | 0.10 | — | — |
Two candidate planets were detected orbiting Gliese 682 in 2014, one of which would be in the habitable zone. However, a 2020 study did not find these planets and concluded that the radial velocity signals were probably caused by stellar activity.