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HD 40979 b

Orbiting HD 40979, discovered in 2002 (7507) by Multiple Observatories via the Radial Velocity method.

Planet

RadiusUnknown
Mass1484.27 M⊕
Orbital period264.15 Earth days (~0.7 Earth years)
Orbital eccentricity0.250
Equilibrium temperatureUnknown

Host star — HD 40979

Temperature6165 K (5892 °C)
Radius1.21 R☉
Mass1.45 M☉

Location

Distance from Earth34.1 pc (~111 light-years)
Right ascension / Declination91.1253 / 44.2598

Last refreshed 2026-09-14 from NASA's Exoplanet Archive.