[5][6] It is the second planet in order from its host star in a triple planetary system, and has an orbital period of 17.9 days.

[5][6] The discovery was announced on 17 December 2015, following a study that used 10 years of archival spectra of the star Wolf 1061 using the HARPS spectrograph attached to the ESO 3.6 m Telescope at the European Southern Observatory at La Silla, Chile.

In comparison, the Sun is 4.6 billion years old[7] and has a surface temperature of 5778 K.[8] The star's apparent magnitude, or how bright it appears from Earth's perspective, is 10.1m.

As a result, stars like Wolf 1061 have the ability to burn up to 400–500 billion years, 40–50 times longer than the Sun will.

Additionally, a much larger portion of the planet could also be habitable if it has a thick enough atmosphere to facilitate heat transfer away from the side facing the star.