The HD 179949 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 89.55 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.21 solar masses |
Radius | 1.27 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6168 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.137 decimal exponent |
Age | 1 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 179949 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 291.120 Earth masses |
Density | 0.596 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.900 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0443 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.022 |
Orbital Period | 3.093 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | UCLES Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2001-04 |
Reference | Tinney et al. 2001 |