Gliese 667 C Trivia Questions

It's a red dwarf (M-class) that is much dimmer and cooler than the Sun—only about 1% of our Sun's luminosity.

It's far too dim (magnitude ~10) to see without a telescope; even its brighter companions are barely visible.

It's actually about 23.6 light-years away, making it a relatively close neighbor in our galaxy.

Due to close orbits around a dim red dwarf, these planets are probably tidally locked, creating a stark day-night divide.

They were detected via radial velocity (wobble) method, not direct imaging, as the star's glare hides them.

Gliese 667 is a triple star system containing two K-type main-sequence stars (A and B) and a red dwarf (C). Gliese 667 C is gravitationally bound to the other two.

Gliese 667 Cc is a super-Earth exoplanet discovered in 2011, orbiting in the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Gliese 667 C. It is one of the most Earth-like planets known by mass and stellar flux.

Gliese 667 Cc is a confirmed super-Earth orbiting at 0.125 AU, well inside the conservative habitable zone of this red dwarf star.