The HD 72659 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 169.26 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.09 solar masses |
Radius | 1.46 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5932 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.014 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 | 1071.536 Earth masses |
Density | 2.620 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.100 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 4.689125 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.257128 |
Orbital Period | 3549.399 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 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 72659 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 5948.058 Earth masses |
Density | 18.400 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.100 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 13.940621 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.091341 |
Orbital Period | 18207.721 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Multiple Observatories |
Discovery Telescope | Multiple Telescopes |
Discovery Instrument | Multiple Instruments |
Discovery Date | 2022-09 |
Reference | Feng et al. 2022 |