GJ 3222 is a Sun-like G-type star (about 0.89 solar masses, 5,257 K), 18.2 light-years from Earth. GJ 3222 b is a 11.4-Earth-mass planet, with an orbital period of 10.7 days, at 0.091 AU from its star, on an eccentric orbit (e ≈ 0.93), discovered in 2022 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.

GJ 3222 - System

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