The discovery of this planet was announced on December 12, 2002, and was originally thought to be on a highly eccentric orbit.

[2] The latest models of Mu Arae planetary system, which has four known planets, give a lower eccentricity orbit.

[1] Although the planet itself is likely to be a gas giant with no solid surface, the orbital distance of 1.497 astronomical units from its star puts it within the habitable zone of its planetary system.

As a result, large satellites of the planet, if they exist, could potentially support life.

[4] In July 2014 the International Astronomical Union launched NameExoWorlds, a process for giving proper names to certain exoplanets and their host stars.