Barnard's Star b

Summary

Barnard's Star b is a sub-Earth^[1]. It draws 219 Wikipedia views per month (sub_earth category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Barnard's Star b's image is recorded as Artist’s impression of a sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard’s star (eso2414a).jpg^[3].
• Barnard's Star b's instance of is recorded as sub-Earth^[4].
• Barnard's Star b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].
• Barnard's Star b's constellation is recorded as Ophiuchus^[6].
• Barnard's Star b's Commons category is recorded as Barnard's Star b^[7].
• Barnard's Star b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Barnard's Star^[8].
• Barnard's Star b's catalog code is recorded as GJ 699 b^[9].
• Barnard's Star b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 325554331b^[10].
• Barnard's Star b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2018-11-14T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Barnard's Star b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2024-10-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Barnard's Star b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy^[13].
• Barnard's Star b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[14].
• Barnard's Star b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q681996', 'amount': '+0.37'}^[15].
• Barnard's Star b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.01016'}^[16].
• Barnard's Star b's temperature is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+400'}^[17].
• Barnard's Star b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+3.1533'}^[18].
• Barnard's Star b's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+203'}^[19].
• Barnard's Star b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+547.4506'}^[20].
• Barnard's Star b's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q182429', 'amount': '+1.20'}^[21].
• Barnard's Star b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.02294'}^[22].
• Barnard's Star b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+107'}^[23].
• Barnard's Star b's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fhm1jyvm^[24].
• Barnard's Star b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NAME Barnard's Star b^[25].
• Barnard's Star b's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as barnard_s_star_b--10762^[26].
• Barnard's Star b's NASA Exoplanet Archive ID is recorded as Barnard b^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include sub-Earth^[4] and exoplanet^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include GJ 699 b^[9] and TIC 325554331b^[10].

Why It Matters

Barnard's Star b draws 219 Wikipedia views per month (sub_earth category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]