Discovery Method
Radial Velocity
Consistent across records
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GJ 179 b
Host star GJ 179 • 2288 d orbit
Records
3
archive rows
Discovery
2009
Radial Velocity
Radius
—
default parameter set
Mass
260.6 M⊕
default parameter set
GJ 179
temperature unconstrained
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Howard et al. 2010
Host Star
GJ 179
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2009
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
2288 day
2288 to 2333
Semi-Major Axis
2.41 au
2.41 to 2.52
Mass
260.6 Mearth
239.0 to 301.9
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Refs
3
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Massdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Radial Velocity | W. M. Keck Observatory | 10 m Keck I Telescope | 2333 day | — | 239.0 Mearth | — | Rosenthal et al. 2021 |
| 2009 | Radial Velocity | W. M. Keck Observatory | 10 m Keck I Telescope | 2303 day | — | 301.9 Mearth | — | Xiao et al. 2023 |
| 2009 | Radial Velocity | W. M. Keck Observatory | 10 m Keck I Telescope | 2288 day | — | 260.6 Mearth | — | Howard et al. 2010 |