HD 179079 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 179079.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 26 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 14 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 25.74 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 14.48 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.1214 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 179079
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,646 K
- Radius
- 1.63 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.14 × Sun
- Age
- 6.99 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 227.4 light-years (69.71 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2008
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- W. M. Keck Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.