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GJ 179 b

40.3 light-years

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Discovery
Radial Velocity · 2009
Radius
13.8 Earth radii
Mass
301.937 (+50.8525 / −34.9611) Earth masses
Orbital period
2,288 (+59 / −59) days
Semi-major axis
2.41 (+0.04 / −0.04) AU
Equilibrium temperature
64.53 (+2.61 / −2.61) K
Mass provenance
Mass

Measurements may come from different studies and need not form one self-consistent model. “Msini” is a minimum mass; a mass inferred from radius is an estimate. Equilibrium temperature is a model estimate, not a measured surface temperature or evidence of habitability.

NASA archive record and references ↗

Snapshot retrieved: 2026-10-11T04:15:07.688253+00:00