Gliese 581 b

Summary

Gliese 581 b is an exoplanet^[1]. It draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #81 of 578).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gliese 581 b is credited with the discovery of High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher^[3].
• Gliese 581 b's image is recorded as Planet Gliese 581 b.png^[4].
• Gliese 581 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].
• Gliese 581 b's constellation is recorded as Libra^[6].
• Gliese 581 b's Commons category is recorded as Gliese 581 b^[7].
• Gliese 581 b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Gliese 581^[8].
• Gliese 581 b's catalog code is recorded as GJ 581 b^[9].
• Gliese 581 b's catalog code is recorded as BD-07 4003b^[10].
• Gliese 581 b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 36853511b^[11].
• Gliese 581 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2005-08-22T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Gliese 581 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2005-12-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Gliese 581 b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cvcnb^[14].
• Gliese 581 b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy^[15].
• Gliese 581 b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02'}^[16].
• Gliese 581 b's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.55'}^[17].
• Gliese 581 b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+47'}^[18].
• Gliese 581 b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.0511'}^[19].
• Gliese 581 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.0645'}^[20].
• Gliese 581 b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+5.36879'}^[21].
• Gliese 581 b's angular distance is recorded as {'unit': 'Q829073', 'amount': '+0.006602'}^[22].
• Gliese 581 b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+158.7492'}^[23].
• Gliese 581 b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.04099'}^[24].
• Gliese 581 b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.2'}^[25].
• Gliese 581 b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as BD-07 4003b^[26].
• Gliese 581 b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "GJ581b"]^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Gliese 581 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include GJ 581 b^[9], BD-07 4003b^[10], and TIC 36853511b^[11].

Why It Matters

Gliese 581 b draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #81 of 578).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]