HD 40307 b

Summary

HD 40307 b is an exoplanet^[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #87 of 578).^[2]

Key Facts

• HD 40307 b is credited with the discovery of High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher^[3].
• HD 40307 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[4].
• HD 40307 b's constellation is recorded as Pictor^[5].
• HD 40307 b's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• HD 40307 b's parent astronomical body is recorded as HD 40307^[7].
• HD 40307 b's catalog code is recorded as HD 40307b^[8].
• HD 40307 b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 374859347b^[9].
• HD 40307 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2009-01-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• HD 40307 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• HD 40307 b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047qrf_^[12].
• HD 40307 b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy^[13].
• HD 40307 b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[14].
• HD 40307 b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q681996', 'amount': '+3.81'}^[15].
• HD 40307 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.012'}^[16].
• HD 40307 b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4.3114'}^[17].
• HD 40307 b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+77.2727'}^[18].
• HD 40307 b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.0475'}^[19].
• HD 40307 b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+194.8'}^[20].
• HD 40307 b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as HD 40307b^[21].
• HD 40307 b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "HD40307b"]^[22].
• HD 40307 b's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as hd_40307_b--478^[23].
• HD 40307 b's NASA Exoplanet Archive ID is recorded as HD 40307 b^[24].
• HD 40307 b's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+88.51767081413502'}^[25].
• HD 40307 b's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-60.02346992995805'}^[26].
• HD 40307 b's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

HD 40307 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[4].

History and Context

Catalog codes include HD 40307b^[8] and TIC 374859347b^[9].

Why It Matters

HD 40307 b draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #87 of 578).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]