We report results of a search for planets around 530 main-sequence stars us
ing the Keck HIRES spectrometer, which has provided Doppler precision of 3
m s(-1) during the past 3 yr. We report six new strong planet candidates ha
ving complete Keplerian orbits, with periods ranging from 24 days to 3 yr.
These are HD 10697, HD 37124, HD 134987, HD 177830, HD 192263, and HD 22258
2. We also provide updated orbital parameters for the previously announced
planets around HD 187123, HD 195019, HD 201277, and HD 217107. Four of the
six newly discovered planets have minimum ill sin i. masses less than 2 M-J
UP, while the remaining two have M sin i - 5 M-JUP. The distribution of pla
netary masses continues to exhibit a rise toward lower masses. The orbital
eccentricities of the new planets range from 0.12 to 0.71, which also conti
nues the ubiquity of high eccentricities. All 17 known extrasolar planets o
rbiting beyond 0.2 AU have eccentricities greater than similar to 0.1. The
current limiting Doppler precision of the Keck Doppler survey is 3 m s(-1)
per observation as determined from observations of both stable stars and re
siduals to Keplerian fits.