GJ 887 (also catalogued as Lacaille 9352) is an M dwarf star 10.7 light-years from the Sun — among the closest stars to Earth and one of the brightest M dwarfs in the sky. Its stellar rotation period is ~39 days.

The system hosts at least four confirmed planets:

PlanetMass (min)Orbital periodNotes
GJ 887 bsuper-Earth9 days2020 Science
GJ 887 csuper-Earth21 days2020 Science
GJ 887 d~6 M⊕51 dayshabitable zone; confirmed 2026
GJ 887 e~1 M⊕4.4 daysEarth-mass; too hot
GJ 887 f (candidate)~0.5 M⊕2.2 daysbelow statistical threshold

gj-887-d is the only known habitable-zone planet, and only the second confirmed habitable-zone planet within ~10 ly of Earth (after Proxima Centauri b).

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