Unlike true "hot Jupiters" like 51 Pegasi b, HD 6434 b does not have a circular orbit, but rather an eccentric one.
The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Ecuador, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU.
Eyeke means near in the language spoken by the Indigenous Waorani tribes.
[2][3] By studying observations taken by the Hipparcos astrometric mission, a group of scientists[citation needed] proposed that the planet has an inclination of 179.9° (almost exactly face-on) and a mass of 196 Jupiters.
However, the data was anything but conclusive, and statistically it is extremely unlikely to lie in such a position[citation needed].