Gliese 876 c

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Gliese 876 c

Summary

Gliese 876 c is an exoplanet[1]. It draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #74 of 578).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gliese 876 c is credited with the discovery of Geoffrey Marcy[3].
  • Gliese 876 c's image is recorded as ConceptJKV-Gliese876-c.png[4].
  • Gliese 876 c's image is recorded as Jkv.Gliese876.c.png[5].
  • Gliese 876 c's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[6].
  • Gliese 876 c's constellation is recorded as Aquarius[7].
  • Gliese 876 c's Commons category is recorded as Gliese 876 c[8].
  • Gliese 876 c's parent astronomical body is recorded as Gliese 876[9].
  • Gliese 876 c's catalog code is recorded as GJ 876 c[10].
  • Gliese 876 c's catalog code is recorded as BD-15 6290c[11].
  • Gliese 876 c's catalog code is recorded as TIC 188580272c[12].
  • Gliese 876 c's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-04-04T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Gliese 876 c's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Gliese 876 c's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-07-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Gliese 876 c's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dzb78[16].
  • Gliese 876 c's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy[17].
  • Gliese 876 c's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0069'}[18].
  • Gliese 876 c's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+59.0'}[19].
  • Gliese 876 c's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.698'}[20].
  • Gliese 876 c's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.698'}[21].
  • Gliese 876 c's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+30.126'}[22].
  • Gliese 876 c's angular distance is recorded as {'unit': 'Q829073', 'amount': '+0.027572'}[23].
  • Gliese 876 c's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+213.8669'}[24].
  • Gliese 876 c's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.1363'}[25].
  • Gliese 876 c's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-20'}[26].
  • Gliese 876 c's SIMBAD ID is recorded as BD-15 6290c[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Gliese 876 c's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[6].

History and Context

Catalog codes include GJ 876 c[10], BD-15 6290c[11], and TIC 188580272c[12].

Why It Matters

Gliese 876 c draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #74 of 578).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 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] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . A Pair of Resonant Planets Orbiting GJ 876. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . A Pair of Resonant Planets Orbiting GJ 876. 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] . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. First visual-channel radial-velocity measurements and orbital parameter updates of seven M-dwarf planetary systems. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. First visual-channel radial-velocity measurements and orbital parameter updates of seven M-dwarf planetary systems. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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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