Gliese 876 b

Summary

Gliese 876 b is an exoplanet^[1]. It draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #81 of 578).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gliese 876 b is credited with the discovery of Geoffrey Marcy^[3].
• Gliese 876 b's image is recorded as Artist's concept of Gliese 876 b.jpg^[4].
• Gliese 876 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].
• Gliese 876 b's constellation is recorded as Aquarius^[6].
• Gliese 876 b's Commons category is recorded as Gliese 876 b^[7].
• Gliese 876 b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Gliese 876^[8].
• Gliese 876 b's catalog code is recorded as GJ 876 b^[9].
• Gliese 876 b's catalog code is recorded as BD-15 6290b^[10].
• Gliese 876 b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 188580272b^[11].
• Gliese 876 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-06-23T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Gliese 876 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Gliese 876 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-10-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Gliese 876 b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dzb7z^[15].
• Gliese 876 b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy^[16].
• Gliese 876 b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.002'}^[17].
• Gliese 876 b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+101'}^[18].
• Gliese 876 b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+2.115'}^[19].
• Gliese 876 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+3.6'}^[20].
• Gliese 876 b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+61.03474'}^[21].
• Gliese 876 b's angular distance is recorded as {'unit': 'Q829073', 'amount': '+0.044323'}^[22].
• Gliese 876 b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+213.8669'}^[23].
• Gliese 876 b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.2177'}^[24].
• Gliese 876 b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-6'}^[25].
• Gliese 876 b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as BD-15 6290b^[26].
• Gliese 876 b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "GJ876b"]^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Gliese 876 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include GJ 876 b^[9], BD-15 6290b^[10], and TIC 188580272b^[11].

Why It Matters

Gliese 876 b draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #81 of 578).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]