GJ 179

Display orbital revolution around the star GJ 179
Imaginary Picture of Star GJ 179
Star Name : GJ 179
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 40.4109 (LY) 12.3900 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.3800 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.3570 (Msun/observed) 0.3570 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : M3.5
Metalicity : 0.3000
Absolute Magnitude : 11.49
Apparent Magnitude : 11.96
Right Ascension(RA) : 73.02388
Declination(DEC) : 6.47667
  • This is the GJ 179 . The star GJ 179 islocated about 40.4 light-years (12.4 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star GJ 179 has apparent magnitude of 12.0, with absolute magnitude of 11.5.
  • It is 0.4 times more massive and 0.4 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 3370 with its spectral types of M3.5
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 2
  • Name of the 1 Planet GJ 179 b radius 0.907830 mass 0.739100 orbital distance 2.410000
  • Name of the 2 Planet GJ 179 c radius 0.135627 mass 0.015400 orbital distance 0.032000
    (Illustration of the GJ 179's Planetary System)



    The Star GJ 179 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.093 AU ( 13986257.2 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.129 AU ( 19332662.5 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.197 AU ( 29458699.4 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.290 AU ( 43349766.6 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star GJ 179)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star GJ 179 distance : 0.106 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star GJ 179 distance : 0.134 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star GJ 179 distance : 0.129 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star GJ 179 distance : 0.141 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star GJ 179 distance : 0.262 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star GJ 179 distance : 0.277 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star GJ 179)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star GJ 179 distance : 0.105 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star GJ 179 distance : 0.139 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star GJ 179 distance : 0.139 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star GJ 179 distance : 0.266 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star GJ 179 distance : 0.277 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star GJ 179)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star GJ 179 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star GJ 179 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star EPIC 203868608 (AB)*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102