HD 150706 is a Sun-like G-type star (about 1.17 solar masses, 5,961 K, 0.96 solar radii), 28.3 light-years from Earth. HD 150706 b is a 2.71-Jupiter-mass companion, with an orbital period of 16.1 years, at 6.700 AU from its star, on an eccentric orbit (e ≈ 0.38), discovered in 2012 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 150706 - System

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