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HD 179079 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/HD 179079 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

HD 179079 b

Orbiting HD 179079

Discovered in 2008 using Radial Velocity. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,008
Method: Radial Velocity
Radius: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Mass: 4,195.334972 M⊕
Orbit: 14.479 days
Distance: 69.7116 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 14.479 days
Semi-major axis: 0.1214 AU
Eccentricity: 0.049
Radius: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Mass: 4,195.334972 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Equilibrium temperature: 997.61 K
Insolation: 162.7656 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: HD 179079
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: G5 IV
Stellar temperature: 5,646 K
Stellar radius: 1.63 R☉
Stellar mass: 1.14 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.24 dex
Stellar age: 6.99 Gyr
Distance: 69.7116 parsecs
Right ascension: 19h11m09.69s
Declination: -02d38m19.57s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Radial Velocity
Discovery year: 2,008
Publication date: 2009-09
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope: 10 m Keck I Telescope
Instrument: HIRES Spectrometer
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Visual archive

Gallery

One image from HD 179079 b.

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