HD 72659 b

{{Short description|Extrasolar planet}}

{{Infobox planet

| name = HD 72659 b

| discoverer = Butler, Marcy, Vogt,
and Fischer

| discovery_site = Keck Observatory, Hawaii, United States

| discovered = 13 June 2002

| discovery_method = Doppler spectroscopy

| orbit_ref =

| apsis = astron

| aphelion =

| perihelion =

| semimajor = {{val|4.691|0.185|0.202|ul=AU}}

| eccentricity = {{val|0.257|0.014|0.016}}

| period = {{val|9.718|0.052|0.043|ul=yr}}

| avg_speed =

| time_periastron = {{val|2448147.062|43.195|47.937}}

| arg_peri = {{val|259.451|3.318|3.560|u=deg}}

| semi-amplitude = {{val|37.908|0.613|0.551|ul=m/s}}

| star = HD 72659

| inclination = {{val|77.583|39.898|39.755|u=deg}}

| asc_node = {{val|204.866|69.102|68.721|u=deg}}

| physical_ref =

| mass = {{val|2.988|2.586|0.098|ul=Jupiter mass}}

}}

HD 72659 b is a superjovian exoplanet massing at least 3.3 MJ orbiting at 4.77 AU from the star, taking 3630 days to complete one orbit. The orbital distance range from 3.49 AU to 6.05 AU with orbital eccentricity of 0.269. In 2022, the inclination and true mass of HD 72659 b were measured via astrometry.

See also

References

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{{cite journal | url=http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/582/1/455/56131.html | title=Seven New Keck Planets Orbiting G and K Dwarfs | last1=Butler | first1=R. Paul | last2=Marcy | first2=Geoffrey W. | last3=Vogt | first3=Steven S. | last4=Fischer | first4=Debra A. | last5=Henry | first5=Gregory W. | last6=Laughlin | first6=Gregory | last7=Wright | first7=Jason T. | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | year=2003 | volume=582 | issue=1 | pages=455–466 | doi=10.1086/344570 | bibcode=2003ApJ...582..455B | citeseerx=10.1.1.7.6988 | s2cid=17608922 }}

{{cite journal |last1=Feng |first1=Fabo |last2=Butler |first2=R. Paul |display-authors=etal |date=August 2022 |title=3D Selection of 167 Substellar Companions to Nearby Stars |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series |volume=262 |issue=21 |page=21 |doi=10.3847/1538-4365/ac7e57 |arxiv=2208.12720 |bibcode=2022ApJS..262...21F|s2cid=251864022 |doi-access=free }}

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