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Gliese 436 b

Astronomical discovery
Gliese 436 b is a Neptune-sized exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Gliese 436. It was the first hot Neptune discovered with certainty and was among the smallest-known transiting planets in mass and radius, until the much smaller Kepler exoplanet... Wikipedia
Radius: 17,130 mi
Gravity: 11.57 m/s²
Discovered: August 31, 2004
Distance to Earth: 33.01 light years
Detection method: Radial velocity, Transit
Eccentricity: 0.152+0.009; −0.008