eps Ind A is an orange K-type dwarf (about 0.80 solar masses, 4,700 K, 0.71 solar radii), 3.6 light-years from Earth. eps Ind A b is a 6.50-Jupiter-mass companion, with an orbital period of 69.7 years, at 15.8 AU from its star, on an eccentric orbit (e ≈ 0.25), discovered in 2019 via radial velocity. The planet betrayed itself through the star's reflex motion — a technique that first revealed worlds around Sun-like stars in the 1990s and remains a workhorse of exoplanet discovery. The planet's marked eccentricity suggests past scattering events or perturbations from unseen companions.

eps Ind A - System

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