Gliese 367 (GJ 367, formally named Añañuca[5]) is a red dwarf star 30.7 light-years (9.4 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation of Vela.
[5] The star Gliese 367 was observed by TESS in February-March 2019, leading to its designation as an object of interest,[2] and by January 2021 additional radial velocity data suggested the existence of a short-period planet, albeit with low certainty.
[10] The planet's existence was confirmed by both ground-based and satellite-based transit photometry data by December 2021.
Due to its close orbit, the exoplanet gets bombarded with radiation over 500 times what Earth receives from the Sun.
[12] As of 2022[update], Gliese 367 b is the smallest known exoplanet within 10 parsecs of the Solar System,[14] and the second-least massive after Proxima Centauri d. A direct imaging study in 2022 failed to find any additional planets or stellar companions around Gliese 367.