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HD 99706 c

World type: sub_neptune
Discovery method: Radial Velocity
Discovery year: 2018
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HD 99706 c is a fascinating exoplanet orbiting the star HD 99706, discovered back in 2018 using the radial velocity method. This clever technique detects a planet's presence by observing the subtle wobble it induces in its host star, and in this case, the discovery was made with the powerful HIRES Spectrometer at the W. M. Keck Observatory. While HD 99706 c doesn't have a fancy nickname just yet, it certainly captures the imagination as a distant world revealed through ground-based astronomy. Picture this: a far-off planet quietly circling its star, found by the patient and precise dance of starlight, inviting us to wonder about its mysteries without even setting foot there.