Artist impression. No real image of Gliese 667 Cc exists yet.
exoplanet · 23.6 light years from Earth
Gliese 667 Cc
A super-Earth in the habitable zone of a red dwarf in a triple-star system, lit by two extra suns.
- Type
- Exoplanet
- Orbits
- Gliese 667 C
- Distance
- 23.6 light years
- Diameter
- about 19,200 km (estimated)
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Discovered
- 2011
- Rotation
- Tidally locked: one side always faces its star
About Gliese 667 Cc
- Its red dwarf belongs to a triple-star system.
- From its surface, the other two stars would shine as extra suns in the sky.
- It circles its star in about 28 days.
Visit Gliese 667 Cc in VR
In IKAREE, Gliese 667 Cc is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Gliese 667 Cc. Warp seven. Engage.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Gliese 667 Cc. Warp seven. Engaging.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Gliese 667 Cc.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
