Gliese 436 b

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Gliese 436 b

Summary

Gliese 436 b is an exoplanet[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gliese 436 b is credited with the discovery of Geoffrey Marcy[3].
  • Gliese 436 b's image is recorded as Samenstelling GJ 436b.jpg[4].
  • Gliese 436 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[5].
  • Gliese 436 b's constellation is recorded as Leo[6].
  • eagle is named after Gliese 436 b[7].
  • Gliese 436 b's Commons category is recorded as Gliese 436 b[8].
  • Gliese 436 b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Noquisi[9].
  • Gliese 436 b's catalog code is recorded as GJ 436 b[10].
  • Gliese 436 b's catalog code is recorded as TOI-1796.01[11].
  • Gliese 436 b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 138819293b[12].
  • Gliese 436 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2004-12-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Gliese 436 b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qlmbr[14].
  • Gliese 436 b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy[15].
  • Gliese 436 b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.145'}[16].
  • Gliese 436 b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+86.858'}[17].
  • Gliese 436 b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.0668'}[18].
  • Gliese 436 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q681996', 'amount': '+22.2'}[19].
  • Gliese 436 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.0729'}[20].
  • Gliese 436 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.0682'}[21].
  • Gliese 436 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.08'}[22].
  • Gliese 436 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.0728'}[23].
  • Gliese 436 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.07'}[24].
  • Gliese 436 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.0737'}[25].
  • Gliese 436 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q681996', 'amount': '+25.4'}[26].
  • Gliese 436 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.073'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Gliese 436 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include GJ 436 b[10], TOI-1796.01[11], and TIC 138819293b[12]. eagle is named after Gliese 436 b[7].

Why It Matters

Gliese 436 b ranks in the top 6% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . A Neptune‐Mass Planet Orbiting the Nearby M Dwarf GJ 436. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . A Neptune‐Mass Planet Orbiting the Nearby M Dwarf GJ 436. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . A global analysis ofSpitzerand new HARPS data confirms the loneliness and metal-richness of GJ 436 b. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Spitzer Transit and Secondary Eclipse Photometry of GJ 436b. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Improved Parameters for Extrasolar Transiting Planets. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Friends of hot Jupiters. I. A radial velocity search for massive, long-period companions to close-in gas giant planets. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . A global analysis ofSpitzerand new HARPS data confirms the loneliness and metal-richness of GJ 436 b. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Ground-based near-UV observations of 15 transiting exoplanets: constraints on their atmospheres and no evidence for asymmetrical transits. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . On the GJ 436 planetary system. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets - III. Additional planets and stellar models. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Orbital misalignment of the Neptune-mass exoplanet GJ 436b with the spin of its cool star. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Photometric follow-up observations of the transiting Neptune-mass planet GJ 436b. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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