GJ 3779 b
Orbiting GJ 3779
GJ 3779 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star GJ 3779, discovered in 2018 using the Radial Velocity method.
Minimum Mass (M sin i)
8.00
Earth masses
Orbital Period
3.0
days
Distance
13.7
parsecs
Radius (Earth radii)
Unknown
Minimum Mass, M sin(i) (Earth masses)
8.00
Radial-velocity minimum
Equilibrium Temperature
Unknown
Parameter source: Luque et al. 2018
Orbital Period
3.023+0.001−0.001days
Semi-Major Axis
0.0260+0.0010−0.0010au
M sin(i) (Earth masses)
8.00+0.50−0.50
M sin(i) (Jupiter masses)
0.0252+0.0016−0.0016
Eccentricity
0.0700+0.0500−0.0500
Argument of Periastron
225.0+42.0−42.0deg
Radial Velocity Semi-Amplitude
8.61+0.40−0.40m/s
Distance from Earth
13.7 pc (~45 ly)
Spectral Type
M4.0 V
Temperature
3324 K
Mass (Solar)
0.27 M☉
Radius (Solar)
0.28 R☉
Luminosity
-2.06 log L☉
Planets in System
1
Stars in System
1
Coordinates (RA, Dec)
200.7335°, 24.4639°
Discovery Method
Radial Velocity
Discovery Year
2018
Source ID: GJ 3779 b
GJ 3779 b orbits GJ 3779 and was reported in 2018 and was detected with the Radial Velocity method.
Published measurements list a minimum mass of 8 Earth masses (M sin i) and an orbital period of 3.02 days.
Catalog data places the system at about 13.7 parsecs from Earth, a host star classified as M4.0 V, and 1 known planet in the system.
Host star
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