HD 72659 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HD 72659.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 906 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 9.7 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 906.1 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3,549 days
- Average distance from its star
- 4.607 AU
Star
- Host star
- HD 72659
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,929 K
- Radius
- 1.36 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.033 × Sun
- Age
- 8 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 169.3 light-years (51.89 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2002
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- W. M. Keck Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.