Discovery | |
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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 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 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]
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HD 74156 is a yellow dwarf star in the constellation of Hydra, 187 light years from the Solar System. It is known to be orbited by two giant planets.
HD 114729 is a 7th magnitude star approximately 118 ly (36.1 pc) away in the constellation of Centaurus. Like the Sun (G2V), it is a yellow dwarf. It is about the same mass as the Sun, but twice as luminous. That indicates a much greater age, perhaps over 10 billion years. HD 114729 has a co-moving companion designated HD 114729 B, with the latter having 25.3% of the Sun's mass and a projected separation of 282±10 AU.
HD 28185 b is an extrasolar planet 128 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Eridanus. The planet was discovered orbiting the Sun-like star HD 28185 in April 2001 as a part of the CORALIE survey for southern extrasolar planets, and its existence was independently confirmed by the Magellan Planet Search Survey in 2008. HD 28185 b orbits its sun in a circular orbit that is at the inner edge of its star's habitable zone.
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HD 81040 b is a massive gas giant exoplanet that orbits the star HD 81040, discovered in 2005 by radial velocity. Its orbital period is just over 1000 days. It has a semimajor axis of about 1.95 AU, and its orbit is quite eccentric, at a little over 0.5.
HD 72659 is a star in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. With an apparent visual magnitude of 7.46, his yellow-hued star is too faint to be viewed with the naked eye. Parallax measurements provide a distance estimate of 169.4 light years from the Sun, and it has an absolute magnitude of 3.98. The star is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −18.3 km/s.
HD 8673 is a binary star in the northern constellation of Andromeda. It has an apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude of 6.34 and 3.56 respectively. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 26.2 mas, the system is located around 124.5 light years away. The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +19 km/s. A sub-stellar companion was detected in 2005; it could either be an exoplanet or a brown dwarf.
HD 66428 b is a long-period jovian exoplanet located approximately 174 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros. It has a minimum mass of 2.82 MJ and takes 1973 days or 5.402 years to orbit around its solar-type star HD 66428. The average distance is 3.18 AU, about half the distance between Mars and Jupiter. This planet is a so-called eccentric Jupiter with an orbital eccentricity of 0.465. At periastron, the distance is 1.70 AU and at apastron, the distance is 4.66 AU. In 2022, the inclination and true mass of HD 66428 b were measured via astrometry.
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HD 128311 b is an exoplanet located approximately 54 light-years away in the constellation of Boötes. This planet orbits in an eccentric orbit about 1.084 AU from its star. The planet has a minimum mass of 1.769 Jupiter masses.
HD 23596 b is an exoplanet approximately 170 light years away in the constellation Perseus. The planet is very massive, with a minimum mass 7.8 times that of Jupiter, classifying it as mid-superjovian. Based on its mass, the planet would probably be a gas giant with no solid surface. The planet orbits at the average distance of 2.83 AU, taking 1565 days to complete its orbit with average velocity of 19.7 km/s. The eccentricity of the planet's orbit is higher than all the planets in the Solar System, bringing as close as 2.00 AU to as far as 3.66 AU from the parent star.
HD 30177 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 181.6 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado, orbiting the star HD 30177.
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HD 183263 c is an exoplanet orbiting approximately 4.25 AU from the parent star HD 183263. This planet was announced by Wright et al. on December 8, 2008 using multiple observations in Lick and Keck Observatories earlier in that year. This planet was calculated to have minimum mass of 3.82 times more than Jupiter and takes 8.08 years to revolve around the star. The orbital distance varies from 3.17 to 5.33 AU, corresponding to the orbital eccentricity of 0.253.
HD 126614 Ab, or simply HD 126614 b, is an extrasolar planet which orbits the primary K-type star HD 126614 A, located approximately 240 light years away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered on November 13, 2009. However, this planet has a highly eccentric orbit around its parent star. The planetary distance ranges from 0.94 AU to 3.61 AU. HD 126614 A also has the highest metallicity of any star hosting any exoplanets, at +0.56 dex.
HD 175167 b is an exoplanet orbiting HD 175167, which is a G type star within the Pavo constellation 232 light-years away from the Earth. The planet was discovered by the Magellan Planet Search Program as the astronomical object fit the Keplerian orbital model. During the observations 13 doppler velocity tests were conducted, which showed this object's mass was at least 7.8 Jovian-masses and its orbit has a high eccentricity. The exoplanet takes 3.53 years to complete a full stellar orbit.
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