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GJ 229

K5 • 5.76 pc

Records

13

literature rows

Planets

2

system count

References

14

distinct source labels

HIP: HIP 29295HD: HD 42581TIC: TIC 124279525

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Canonical Summary

Adopted host values from all rows

Numeric fields use the median of non-null measurements. Disagreement stays visible through ranges, counts, and provenance.

Temperature

3710 K

3564 to 3912.5

3 values • 3 distinct

Mass

0.54 Msun

0.48 to 0.58

5 values • 4 distinct

Radius

0.46 Rsun

0.46 to 0.55

3 values • 2 distinct

Age

0.40 Gyr

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminosity

-1.39 log(Lsun)

-1.55 to -1.22

2 values • 2 distinct

Distance

5.76 pc

single adopted value

13 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

K5

Multiple classifications reported

K5 (1), M0.5 (1), M1.5V (1), M1/2 V (1), M1/M2 V (1)

Planets

2

Stable across source rows

2

Scale Comparison

Radius against the Sun

Current adopted radius: 0.46 R☉ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

GJ 229

0.46 R☉

System Layout

Known planets

2 planets linked to this host

GJ 229 b

Radial Velocity

Discovery

2014

Period

526.1 days

Radius

Mass

8.48 M⊕

Eq. Temp

GJ 229 A c

Radial Velocity

Discovery

2020

Period

121.9 days

Radius

Mass

8.58 M⊕

Eq. Temp

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

13

Stellar refs

13

System refs

1

Distancestable

13 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

13 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

5 values • 4 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 2 distinct

Agestable

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

3 values • 2 distinct

Spectral Typedisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
35640.58-1.55M1/M2 V5.76Tuomi et al. 2014TICv8
M1/2 V5.76Michigan Catalog, Vol. 4TICv8
5.76Nidever et al. 2002TICv8
0.585.76Feng et al. 2020TICv8
5.76Wright et al. 2004TICv8
0.460.405.76Takeda et al. 2007TICv8
3912.55.76Gaia DR2TICv8
M0.55.76Hawley et al. 1996TICv8
5.76Nordstrom et al. 2004TICv8
K55.76Cannon & Pickering 1918TICv8
37100.480.46-1.22M1.5V5.76Turnbull 2015TICv8
0.515.76Feng et al. 2022TICv8
0.540.555.76TICv8TICv8