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GJ 436 b

Host star GJ 436 • 4.10 R⊕ • 2.64 d orbit

Records

24

archive rows

Discovery

Radial Velocity

Radius

4.10 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

22.38 M⊕

median non-null value

GJ 436

650 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

Fast scan of the current planet profile

This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.

Host Star

GJ 436

Discovery

Radial Velocity

Year

2004

Period

2.64 day

Radius

4.17 Rearth

Mass

22.10 Mearth

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 4.10 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

GJ 436 b

4.10 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

24

Refs

24

Methods

1

Discoverystable

24 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

24 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

23 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

11 values • 11 distinct

Massdisputed

16 values • 14 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day4.17 Rearth22.10 MearthMaciejewski et al. 2014
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day4.20 Rearth23.10 MearthShporer et al. 2009
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 dayCaceres et al. 2009
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day4.10 Rearth25.40 MearthLanotte et al. 2014
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day22.66 MearthManess et al. 2007
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day4.04 RearthPont et al. 2009
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 dayKokori et al. 2022
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 dayMukherjee et al. 2025
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 dayBaluev et al. 2015
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day4.09 Rearth23.42 Mearth669 KSouthworth 2010
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day21.23 MearthRosenthal et al. 2021
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day25.40 MearthBourrier et al. 2018
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day21.68 MearthWright et al. 2007
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 dayKokori et al. 2023
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.60 day4.26 Rearth23.20 Mearth650 KSalz et al. 2015
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day21.29 MearthButler et al. 2004
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day21.36 MearthTrifonov et al. 2018
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day3.81 Rearth594.0 KExoFOP
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope21.68 MearthKnutson et al. 2014
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day21.39 MearthButler et al. 2006
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day4.19 Rearth23.14 Mearth686 KTurner et al. 2016
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day3.96 RearthKnutson et al. 2011
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day4.22 Rearth23.17 Mearth649 KTorres et al. 2008
2004Radial VelocityW. M. Keck Observatory10 m Keck I Telescope2.64 day3.85 Rearth21.72 MearthMaxted et al. 2022