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Loading contentA confirmed super-Earth orbiting the red dwarf Gliese 581, one of the earliest low-mass planets found near a habitable zone.
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How Gliese 581 c connects across Asteria Star — scientific, cultural, and astrological links are kept separate.
A red dwarf star in Libra hosting a system of confirmed super-Earth and Neptune-mass planets.
The GJ 581 system is a planetary system with 3 known planets in this catalogue.
Measuring the gravitational wobble a planet induces in its star.
La Silla was ESO's first observatory, a pioneering site on the edge of the Atacama Desert still productive in exoplanet and survey science.
The NASA Exoplanet Archive is the authoritative catalogue of confirmed exoplanets and their measured parameters.
The habitable zone is the range of orbits around a star where a planet could, in principle, hold liquid water on its surface. Lying in the zone is not a guarantee of habitability.
11 Com b is a gas giant orbiting 11 Com, discovered in 2007 by the radial velocity method.
11 UMi b is a gas giant orbiting 11 UMi, discovered in 2009 by the radial velocity method.
14 And b is a gas giant orbiting 14 And, discovered in 2008 by the radial velocity method.
14 Her b is a gas giant orbiting 14 Her, discovered in 2002 by the radial velocity method.
17 Sco b is a gas giant orbiting 17 Sco, discovered in 2020 by the radial velocity method.
18 Del b is a gas giant orbiting 18 Del, discovered in 2008 by the radial velocity method.
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