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Planet profiles

GJ 667 C f

Water-Rich · 24 light-years away · Last reviewed October 14, 2026

GJ 667 C f rendered in TerraForge from its measured mass, orbit and star
TerraForge's rendering of GJ 667 C f, generated by our physics engine from its measured mass, size, orbit and star. An illustration of what the science suggests, not a photograph.
TerraForge classification
Water-Rich
Host star
GJ 667 C (M1.5 V)
Distance
24 light-years
Orbit
39 days
Mass
2.7 × Earth
Radius
1.45 × Earth
Discovered
2013, radial velocity

Figures from the NASA Exoplanet Archive. The classification is TerraForge’s, from its physics model.

GJ 667 C f is a proposed planet whose existence is disputed. It was reported in 2013 as one of up to seven planets around GJ 667 C, a red dwarf about 24 light-years away in a triple star system. In that model it orbits every 39 days, just outside its sibling GJ 667 C c, and has a minimum mass of about 2.7 Earth masses.

The proposal came from a team led by Guillem Anglada-Escudé, who combined measurements from the HARPS, PFS and HIRES spectrographs and used the radial velocity method, which detects the slight back-and-forth motion a planet's gravity gives its star. They found that six signals described the data better than two: the known planets b and c, three few-Earth-mass candidates at 92, 62 and 39 days, called d, e and f, and a colder planet at 260 days. They concluded that three of the planets, c, f and e, lie in the star's habitable zone, the range of distances where liquid water could last on a surface.

Other astronomers have not been able to confirm it. In 2014 a team led by Paul Robertson corrected the same kind of data for the star's magnetic activity, which can create signals that look like planets. They confirmed b and c, explained the 92-day signal as an effect of the star's rotation, and could not confirm the other proposed periods, including f's. GJ 667 C f is still listed in the NASA Exoplanet Archive, but it should be treated as uncertain until new measurements settle the question. Like the system's other candidates, it has never been seen passing in front of the star.

Sources

  1. A dynamically-packed planetary system around GJ667C with three super-Earths in its habitable zone — arXiv (Astronomy & Astrophysics)
  2. Disentangling Planets and Stellar Activity for Gliese 667C — arXiv (The Astrophysical Journal Letters)
  3. A planetary system around the nearby M dwarf GJ 667C with at least one super-Earth in its habitable zone — arXiv (The Astrophysical Journal Letters)
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