Jack Madden
@Astro_Madden - Research inspired art
GJ 357
GJ 357 is a system 9.4 parsecs away that contains 3 known planets one of which, d, lies in the habitable zone. The host star is a cool, red, M star allowing GJ 357 d to sit just 0.2 AU from the star and remain temperate enough to potentially host life similar to Earth. I helped model the potential climates that GJ 357d could have while making these press images.
The GJ 357 system showing b and c in the distance with d in the foreground.
GJ 357 d
GJ 357 d - the outermost planet in the system and within the habitable zone.
GJ 357 c - the second planet in the system.
GJ 357 b - the inner most planet.
Diagram showing the orbits of the planets compared with our Solar System.