temperate Super-Earth Archives - Astrobiology

Habitable Zone diagram for the Ross 318 system. The green band indicates the Conservative Habitable Zone boundaries from Kopparapu et al. (2013). The orange star marks Ross 318; the violet circle marks Ross 318 b at a = 0.159 au with Seff = 0.58 S⊕. For comparison, the positions of Venus (0.72 au), Earth (1.00 au), and Mars (1.52 au) around the Sun are indicated. -- astro-ph.EP

Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Space Weather & Heliophysics, Status Report, Stellar Cartography

Detection and Characterization of the Temperate Super-Earth Ross 318 b

by Keith CowingMay 14, 2026May 14, 2026

Ross 318 is an M3.5V red dwarf exhibiting significant magnetic activity and a stellar rotation period of ∼ 51.5 d.