HD 65216 b is an

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located approximately 115

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s away in the

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, orbiting the star HD 65216. This

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was discovered by the Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search Team in 2003. Like most planet candidates so far, it was detected with the

radial velocity The radial velocity or line-of-sight velocity, also known as radial speed or range rate, of a target with respect to an observer is the temporal rate of change, rate of change of the distance or Slant range, range between the two points. It is e ...

method. The planet has a

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about 30% more than

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. Since the discovery method gives only the minimum mass, its

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is probably larger than this. The planet orbits the star in an

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orbit and takes 577 days to complete one orbit.

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