The HD 179079 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 227.37 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 1.14 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.63 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 5646 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | 0.24 decimal exponent |
| Age | 6.99 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HD 179079 b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
| Mass | 25.744 Earth masses |
| Density | 0.860 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 5.480 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.1214 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.049 |
| Orbital Period | 14.479 days |
| Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery Facility | W. M. Keck Observatory |
| Discovery Telescope | 10 m Keck I Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | HIRES Spectrometer |
| Discovery Date | 2009-09 |
| Reference | Valenti et al. 2009 |