HD 126614 is a Sun-like G-type star (about 0.96 solar masses, 5,568 K), 73.1 light-years from Earth. HD 126614 b is a 0.34-Jupiter-mass companion, with an orbital period of 3.44 years, at 2.249 AU from its star, on an eccentric orbit (e ≈ 0.55), discovered in 2009 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.

HD 126614 - System

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