Astronomy:HD 72659 b
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Short description: Extrasolar planet
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Butler, Marcy, Vogt, and Fischer |
| Discovery site | Keck Observatory, Hawaii, United States |
| Discovery date | 13 June 2002 |
| Doppler spectroscopy | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| 4.691+0.185 −0.202 astronomical unit|AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.257+0.014 −0.016 |
| Orbital period | 9.718+0.052 −0.043 yr |
| Inclination | 77.583°+39.898° −39.755° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 204.866°+69.102° −68.721° |
| astron|astron|helion}} | 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 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 orbit. The orbital distance range from 3.49 AU to 6.05 AU with orbital eccentricity of 0.269.[2] In 2022, the inclination and true mass of HD 72659 b were measured via astrometry.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Feng, Fabo et al. (August 2022). "3D Selection of 167 Substellar Companions to Nearby Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 262 (21): 21. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ac7e57. Bibcode: 2022ApJS..262...21F.
- ↑ Butler, R. Paul et al. (2003). "Seven New Keck Planets Orbiting G and K Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal 582 (1): 455–466. doi:10.1086/344570. Bibcode: 2003ApJ...582..455B. http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/582/1/455/56131.html.
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Coordinates: 
08h 34m 03.1895s, −01° 34′ 05.583″
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