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This is a list of exceptionalred dwarfs.
This is a list of red dwarfs that currently hold records.
| Record Title | Star | Date | Data | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First discovered | Lacaille 8760 | 1753 | Originally listed in a 1763 catalog that was published posthumously by Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Further information:§ List of the earliest red dwarfs discovered | [1] | |
| First discovered with planet(s) | Gliese 876 | 1998 | Gliese 876 b | See also:List of exoplanet firsts The Jovian planet was the first discovered around a red dwarf. | [2][3] |
| First discovered with giant planet(s) | Gliese 876 | 1998 | Gliese 876 b | Thegiant planet was the first planet discovered around a red dwarf. | [2][3] |
| First discovered with terrestrial planet(s) | Kepler-42 (KOI-961) | 2012 | KOI-961 b KOI-961 c KOI-961 d | 3terrestrial planets were discovered around KOI-961 in 2012, the first terrestrial planets found to orbit a red dwarf. | [4] |
| Record Title | Star | Date | Data | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Least voluminous | EBLM J0555-57Ab | 2017 | r= 59,000 km (37,000 mi) | Further information:§ List of least voluminous red dwarfs | [5] |
| Most voluminous | Sz74 | 2017 | 3.13±0.72 R☉ | Further information:§ List of most voluminous red dwarfs | [6] |
| Least massive | 2MASS J0523-1403 | 2015 | 67.54±12.79MJ | Further information:§ List of least massive red dwarfs | [7] |
| Most massive | Kepler-80 | 2012 | 0.73M☉ | Further information:§ List of most massive red dwarfs | [8] |
| Least distant | Proxima Centauri | 1917 | 4.2 ly (1.3 pc) | Further information:§ List of nearest red dwarfs This is also known asAlpha Centauri C and is a member of the α Cen trinary system. It is the nearest neighbouring star to the Sun. | [9] |
| Most distant | UDF 3561 | 2010 | 202,000ly (62,000pc) | Further information:§ List of furthest red dwarfs | [10] |
| Least luminous | 2MASS J0523-1403 | Further information:§ List of least luminous red dwarfs | [7] | ||
| Most luminous | Further information:§ List of most luminous red dwarfs | ||||
| Dimmest | UDF 2457 | V= 25 | Further information:§ List of dimmest red dwarfs | [11] | |
| Brightest | Lacaille 8760 | V= 6.69 | Further information:§ List of brightest red dwarfs Also calledAX Microscopii. This is the 24th closest star to the Sun, and also intrinsically luminous for red dwarfs, having spectral class M0. | [12][13] | |
| Youngest | SeeT Tauri star | Further information:§ List of youngest red dwarfs | |||
| Oldest | Seecool subdwarfs | Further information:§ List of oldest red dwarfs |
This is a list of red dwarfs with names that are not systematically designated.
| Star | Naming | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proxima Centauri | Named for being the closest neighbouring star to Earth's Sun | Lies within theAlpha Centauri star system | [9] |
| Barnard's Star | Named after its discoverer,E. E. Barnard | Second closest neighbouring star system to Earth, after α Cen. Also the star with the highest proper motion. | [14] |
| van Biesbroeck's star | Named for its discoverer,George van Biesbroeck | Was once the least luminous, and, lowest mass, known star. | [15] |
| Kapteyn's star | Named for the astronomer who discovered it had gone missing,Jacobus Kapteyn | Was once the star with the highestproper motion, thus making it move away from its recorded position in the sky and go "missing". | [14] |
| Teegarden's Star | Named after the lead investigator astrophysicist who discovered it,Bonnard J. Teegarden, through a datacrunching search of archived data. |
| Star | Distance ly (pc) | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proxima Centauri | 4.2 ly (1.3 pc) | Part of theα Cen trinary system, the closest neighbouring star system. It is also the nearest neighbouring star. | [9] |
| 2 | Barnard's Star | 5.95 ly (1.82 pc) | Second closest neighbouring star system | [16] |
| 3 | Wolf 359 | 7.86 ly (2.41 pc) | Also calledCN Leonis | |
| 4 | Lalande 21185 | 8.3 ly (2.5 pc) | ||
| 5 | Luyten 726-8 | 8.7 ly (2.7 pc) | This is a binary star system with two red dwarfs | |
| 6 | Ross 154 | 9.68 ly (2.97 pc) | [citation needed] |
| Star | Radius Solar radii (Sun = 1) | Radius Jupiter radii (Jupiter = 1) | Radius km (mi) | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EBLM J0555-57Ab | 0.084 | 0.84 | 59,000 km (37,000 mi) | This star is slightly larger than the planetSaturn. | [17][18][19] |
| 2 | 2MASS J0523-1403 | 0.086 | 0.86 | 60,000 km (37,000 mi) | [20][21][22] |
This is a list of titleholders of being the red dwarf with the smallest volume, and its succession over time.
| Star | Date | Radius Solar radii (Sun = 1) | Radius Jupiter radii (Jupiter = 1) | Radius km (mi) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBLM J0555-57Ab | 2017— | 0.084 | 0.84 | 59,000 km (37,000 mi) | This star is slightly larger than the planetSaturn. | [17][18][19] |
| 2MASS J0523-1403 | 2013-2017 | 0.086 | 0.86 | 60,000 km (37,000 mi) | [20][21][22] | |
| OGLE-TR-122B | 2005-2013 | 0.120 | 1.16 | 81,100 km (50,400 mi) | [23][24][25] |
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