Gliese 581e
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Gliese 581e is a low-mass exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581, notable as one of the smallest exoplanets discovered around a main-sequence star at the time of its detection.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gliese 581e canonical | 4 |
| GJ 581 e | 1 |
| Gl 581 e | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11377020 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gliese 581e Context triple: [Gliese 581 star system, hasExoplanet, Gliese 581e]
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A.
Gliese 581d
Gliese 581d is a potentially rocky exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581, once considered one of the first known candidates for a habitable world outside our solar system.
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B.
Gliese 581b
Gliese 581b is a massive, close-orbiting exoplanet in the Gliese 581 system, notable as one of the early and well-studied planets discovered around a red dwarf star.
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C.
Gliese 581c
Gliese 581c is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581 in the constellation Libra, once considered a potentially habitable “super-Earth” due to its size and location in its star’s habitable zone.
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D.
Kepler-186f
Kepler-186f is an Earth-sized exoplanet located in the habitable zone of its red dwarf star, notable as one of the first potentially Earth-like worlds discovered outside our solar system.
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E.
Kepler-452b
Kepler-452b is an exoplanet often dubbed "Earth’s cousin" because it orbits within the habitable zone of a Sun-like star and shares several Earth-like characteristics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gliese 581e Target entity description: Gliese 581e is a low-mass exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581, notable as one of the smallest exoplanets discovered around a main-sequence star at the time of its detection.
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A.
Gliese 581d
Gliese 581d is a potentially rocky exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581, once considered one of the first known candidates for a habitable world outside our solar system.
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B.
Gliese 581b
Gliese 581b is a massive, close-orbiting exoplanet in the Gliese 581 system, notable as one of the early and well-studied planets discovered around a red dwarf star.
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C.
Gliese 581c
Gliese 581c is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581 in the constellation Libra, once considered a potentially habitable “super-Earth” due to its size and location in its star’s habitable zone.
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D.
Kepler-186f
Kepler-186f is an Earth-sized exoplanet located in the habitable zone of its red dwarf star, notable as one of the first potentially Earth-like worlds discovered outside our solar system.
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E.
Kepler-452b
Kepler-452b is an exoplanet often dubbed "Earth’s cousin" because it orbits within the habitable zone of a Sun-like star and shares several Earth-like characteristics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exoplanet
ⓘ
extrasolar planet ⓘ |
| belongsToExoplanetCategory |
radial-velocity-detected exoplanets
ⓘ
short-period exoplanets ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation |
GJ 581 e
ⓘ
linked to:
Gliese 581e
Gl 581 e ⓘ
linked to:
Gliese 581e
|
| discoveredBy |
HARPS team
ⓘ
linked to:
HARPS spectrograph
Michel Mayor ⓘ Xavier Bonfils NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryAnnouncementDate | 2009-04-21 ⓘ |
| discoveryFacility | European Southern Observatory ⓘ |
| discoveryInstrument | HARPS spectrograph ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | radial velocity ⓘ |
| discoverySite | La Silla Observatory ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 20.3 light-years
ⓘ
about 6.2 parsecs ⓘ |
| equilibriumTemperature | high ⓘ |
| habitabilityStatus | considered non-habitable with current models ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalResonanceCandidate | Gliese 581b ⓘ |
| hostStar |
Gliese 581
ⓘ
linked to:
Gliese 581 star system
|
| hostStarCatalogName |
GJ 581
ⓘ
linked to:
Gliese 581 star system
Gliese 581 ⓘ
linked to:
Gliese 581 star system
|
| hostStarEffectiveTemperature | about 3200 K ⓘ |
| hostStarLuminosity | about 0.013 solar luminosities ⓘ |
| hostStarMass | about 0.31 solar masses ⓘ |
| hostStarMetallicity | sub-solar ⓘ |
| hostStarSpectralType | M3V ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gliese 581 planetary system
ⓘ
linked to:
Gliese 581 star system
|
| locatedInConstellation | Libra ⓘ |
| massCategory | super-Earth ⓘ |
| minimumMass | 1.7 Earth masses ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the lowest-mass exoplanets known at discovery
ⓘ
being one of the smallest exoplanets discovered around a main-sequence star at the time ⓘ |
| orbitalEccentricity | low eccentricity ⓘ |
| orbitalInclination | unknown ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | 3.15 days ⓘ |
| orbitalZone | interior to habitable zone ⓘ |
| orbits |
Gliese 581
ⓘ
linked to:
Gliese 581 star system
|
| partOf | Milky Way ⓘ |
| planetStatus | confirmed planet ⓘ |
| planetType | likely rocky ⓘ |
| radius | not directly measured ⓘ |
| semiMajorAxis | 0.03 AU ⓘ |
| starTypeOfHost | red dwarf ⓘ |
| surfaceConditions | expected to be too hot for liquid water ⓘ |
| systemMultiplicity | multi-planet system ⓘ |
| tidalLockingStatus | likely tidally locked ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gliese 581e Description of subject: Gliese 581e is a low-mass exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581, notable as one of the smallest exoplanets discovered around a main-sequence star at the time of its detection.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gliese 581e
linked to: Gliese 581e