HD 23079 is a Sun-like F-type star (about 1.16 solar masses, 5,994 K, 1.08 solar radii), 33.5 light-years from Earth. HD 23079 c is a 8.3-Earth-mass planet, with an orbital period of 5.7 days, on an eccentric orbit (e ≈ 0.10), discovered in 2025 via radial velocity. HD 23079 b is a 2.66-Jupiter-mass companion, with an orbital period of 2.01 years, on an eccentric orbit (e ≈ 0.07), discovered in 2001 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.

HD 23079 - System

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