The HD 72659 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 169.26 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.43 solar masses |
Radius | 1.46 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5932 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | 6.5 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 72659 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 1223.646 Earth masses |
Density | 3.060 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.000 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 4.75 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.22 |
Orbital Period | 3658.000 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | W. M. Keck Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 10 m Keck I Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HIRES Spectrometer |
Discovery Date | 2003-01 |
Reference | Butler et al. 2003 |