Gliese 581 c

Summary

Gliese 581 c is an exoplanet^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gliese 581 c is credited with the discovery of High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher^[3].
• Gliese 581 c's image is recorded as Planetary System in Gliese 581 (artist's impression).jpg^[4].
• Gliese 581 c's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].
• Gliese 581 c's constellation is recorded as Libra^[6].
• Gliese 581 c's Commons category is recorded as Gliese 581 c^[7].
• Gliese 581 c's parent astronomical body is recorded as Gliese 581^[8].
• Gliese 581 c's catalog code is recorded as GJ 581 c^[9].
• Gliese 581 c's catalog code is recorded as BD-07 4003c^[10].
• Gliese 581 c's catalog code is recorded as TIC 36853511c^[11].
• Gliese 581 c's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2007-04-04T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Gliese 581 c's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2007-07-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Gliese 581 c's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qsv3h^[14].
• Gliese 581 c's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gliese 581 c^[15].
• Gliese 581 c's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy^[16].
• Gliese 581 c's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[17].
• Gliese 581 c's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+47'}^[18].
• Gliese 581 c's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.0159'}^[19].
• Gliese 581 c's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.02143'}^[20].
• Gliese 581 c's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+12.9144'}^[21].
• Gliese 581 c's angular distance is recorded as {'unit': 'Q829073', 'amount': '+0.011755'}^[22].
• Gliese 581 c's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+158.7492'}^[23].
• Gliese 581 c's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.07359'}^[24].
• Gliese 581 c's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-10'}^[25].
• Gliese 581 c's SIMBAD ID is recorded as BD-07 4003c^[26].
• Gliese 581 c's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "GJ581c"]^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Gliese 581 c's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include GJ 581 c^[9], BD-07 4003c^[10], and TIC 36853511c^[11].

Why It Matters

Gliese 581 c ranks in the top 3% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]