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 |