HD 40979 b

Summary

HD 40979 b is an exoplanet^[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #96 of 578).^[2]

Key Facts

• HD 40979 b is credited with the discovery of Debra Fischer^[3].
• HD 40979 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[4].
• HD 40979 b's constellation is recorded as Auriga^[5].
• HD 40979 b's parent astronomical body is recorded as HD 40979^[6].
• HD 40979 b's catalog code is recorded as HD 40979b^[7].
• HD 40979 b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 440489582b^[8].
• HD 40979 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2003-04-00T00:00:00Z^[9].
• HD 40979 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• HD 40979 b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04y5kwr^[11].
• HD 40979 b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy^[12].
• HD 40979 b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.251'}^[13].
• HD 40979 b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+3.8'}^[14].
• HD 40979 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+4.01'}^[15].
• HD 40979 b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+265.36'}^[16].
• HD 40979 b's angular distance is recorded as {'unit': 'Q829073', 'amount': '+0.024925'}^[17].
• HD 40979 b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+29.3067'}^[18].
• HD 40979 b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.8669'}^[19].
• HD 40979 b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-36'}^[20].
• HD 40979 b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as HD 40979b^[21].
• HD 40979 b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "HD40979b"]^[22].
• HD 40979 b's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as hd_40979_ab--57^[23].
• HD 40979 b's NASA Exoplanet Archive ID is recorded as HD 40979 b^[24].
• HD 40979 b's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+91.12476220557042'}^[25].
• HD 40979 b's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+44.26044379941417'}^[26].
• HD 40979 b's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

HD 40979 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[4].

History and Context

Catalog codes include HD 40979b^[7] and TIC 440489582b^[8].

Why It Matters

HD 40979 b draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #96 of 578).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]