GJ 179 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting GJ 179.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 261 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.3 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 260.6 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2,288 days
- Average distance from its star
- 2.41 AU
Star
- Host star
- GJ 179
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,370 K
- Radius
- 0.38 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.357 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 40.3 light-years (12.36 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2009
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- W. M. Keck Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.