Gliese 3021
Appearance
The yellow dwarf star Gliese 3021 is found 57.4 lightyears from the Sol system in the constellation Hydrus.[1]
The star is orbited by a companion that was originallly believed to be a gas giant, larger than Planet Jupiter, but is now believed to be a brown dwarf.[1]
References
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>"GJ 3021 / HD 1237 / CD-80 9". Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
On January 25, 2000, a team of astronomers (Dominique Naef, Francisco Pepe, Michel Mayor, Nuno C. Santos, Didier Queloz, Stephane Udry, and M. Burnet) announced the discovery of a Jupiter-class planet around GJ 3021 using highly sensitive radial-velocity methods (press release, initial data, and exoplanets.org).