Temperature
5926 K
5851 to 5995
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HD 72659
G2 V • 51.89 pc
Records
21
literature rows
Planets
2
system count
References
22
distinct source labels
HD: HD 72659HIP: HIP 42030TIC: TIC 121284864
Approximate color
from effective temperature
Canonical Summary
Adopted host values from one source row
Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Stellar source: Moutou et al. 2011 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.06 Msun
0.95 to 1.43
Radius
1.36 Rsun
1.36 to 1.52
Age
6.50 Gyr
6.50 to 8
Luminosity
0.34 log(Lsun)
0.29 to 0.38
Distance
51.89 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
G2 V
Multiple classifications reported
Planets
2
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.36 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
HD 72659
1.36 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
2 planets linked to this host
HD 72659 b
Radial Velocity
◌
Discovery
2002
Period
3549 days
Radius
—
Mass
906.1 M⊕
Eq. Temp
—
HD 72659 c
Radial Velocity
◌
Discovery
2022
Period
35500 days
Radius
—
Mass
6165.9 M⊕
Eq. Temp
—
HD 72659 and Its Two Known Planets
HD 72659 is a G2 V star, a Sun-like main-sequence dwarf, located 169 light-years from us. Its reported mass is 1.06 solar masses, its radius 1.36 solar radii, and its temperature 5930 K, making it more massive, larger, and hotter than the Sun. It is estimated to be 6.5 billion years old. Two planets are known to orbit this star.
HD 72659 b was discovered in 2002 by the radial velocity method, which detects the wobble a planet's gravity induces in its star's motion. Its minimum mass is 906 Earth masses, or roughly 2.85 times Jupiter's mass, and it completes an orbit in 3550 days. HD 72659 c was discovered in 2022 by the same method. Its reported mass is 6170 Earth masses, roughly 19.4 times Jupiter's mass, and it orbits in 35500 days.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
21
Stellar refs
21
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agedisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
Spectral Typedisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5898 | — | 1.48 | — | 0.38 | — | 51.89 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5851 | 1 | 1.37 | 8 | 0.29 | — | 51.89 | Ghezzi et al. 2010 | TICv8 |
| 5929 | 1.03 | 1.36 | 8 | — | G2 V | 51.89 | Ruggieri et al. 2025 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 51.89 | Nordstrom et al. 2004 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 51.89 | Valenti & Fischer 2005 | TICv8 |
| 5865.2 | 1.05 | 1.52 | — | — | — | 51.89 | Rosenthal et al. 2021 | TICv8 |
| 5920 | 1.07 | — | — | — | G0 V | 51.89 | Wittenmyer et al. 2009 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | G2 V | 51.89 | Michigan Catalog, Vol. 5 | TICv8 |
| 5926 | — | — | — | — | — | 51.89 | Suárez-Andrés et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| — | 1.09 | — | — | — | — | 51.89 | Feng et al. 2022 | TICv8 |
| — | 1.25 | — | — | — | — | 51.89 | An et al. 2025 | TICv8 |
| 5926 | 1.06 | 1.36 | 6.50 | 0.34 | G2 V | 51.89 | Moutou et al. 2011 | TICv8 |
| 5995 | 1.16 | — | — | — | — | 51.89 | Santos et al. 2004 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | G0 | 51.89 | Cannon & Pickering 1918 | TICv8 |
| 5943.3 | 1.09 | 1.45 | — | 0.37 | — | 51.89 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| — | 1.07 | 1.39 | 7.32 | — | — | 51.89 | Takeda et al. 2007 | TICv8 |
| — | 0.95 | — | — | — | G0 V | 51.89 | Butler et al. 2003 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 51.89 | Wright et al. 2004 | TICv8 |
| — | 1.07 | — | — | — | — | 51.89 | Bryan et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 51.89 | Nidever et al. 2002 | TICv8 |
| 5932 | 1.43 | 1.46 | — | — | — | 51.89 | Stassun et al. 2017 | TICv8 |