| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Butler,Marcy,Vogt, andFischer |
| Discovery site | Keck Observatory,Hawaii, United States |
| Discovery date | 13 June 2002 |
| Doppler spectroscopy | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| 4.691+0.185 −0.202 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.257+0.014 −0.016 |
| 9.718+0.052 −0.043 yr | |
| Inclination | 77.583°+39.898° −39.755° |
| 204.866°+69.102° −68.721° | |
| 2448147.062+43.195 −47.937 | |
| 259.451°+3.318° −3.560° | |
| Semi-amplitude | 37.908+0.613 −0.551 m/s |
| Star | HD 72659 |
| Physical characteristics[1] | |
| Mass | 2.988+2.586 −0.098 MJ |
HD 72659 b is asuperjovianexoplanet massing at least 3.3MJ orbiting at 4.77AU from the star, taking 3630 days to complete one orbit. The orbital distance range from 3.49 AU to 6.05 AU withorbital eccentricity of 0.269.[2] In 2022, the inclination and true mass of HD 72659 b were measured viaastrometry.[1]
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