Exoplanet Name : |
tau Boo A b |
Alternate Name : |
tau Boö b |
Status : |
Confirmed |
Radius (Rjup / Re): |
1.0600 |
(Rjup) |
11.8815 |
(Rearth) |
Mass (Mjup / Me): |
5.8400 |
(Mjup) |
1856.7579 |
(Mearth) |
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated |
0.0460 |
(AU) |
0.0460 |
(AU Est.) |
Eccentricity : |
0.0787 |
Orbital Period(Yrs) |
0.0091 |
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) |
3.31 |
(Days Obs.) |
3.16 |
(Days Est.) |
Surface Gravity (G Earth) |
13.1525 |
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: |
1626624.7 |
(W/m2) |
Measured Temperature (K) |
0.0 |
(K) |
Blackbody T 0.1(K) |
1593.9 |
(K) |
Blackbody T 0.3(K) |
1496.9 |
(K) |
Blackbody T 0.7(K) |
1211.1 |
(K) |
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) |
1895.5 |
(K) |
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) |
1780.1 |
(K) |
Size Class: |
Jupiter-size |
Mass Class: |
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Detection Type : |
Radial Velocity |
Mass Detection : |
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Radius Detection : |
Theoretical |
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: |
Not habitable |
Habitability by Kopparapu: |
Not habitable |
Star Name : |
tau Boö A |
Alternate Name : |
tau Boö |
Star Distance(LY) : |
50.9 |
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : |
1.3 |
(Rsun Measured) |
Stellar Mass(Msun) : |
1.3 |
(Msun Measured) |
1.2 |
(Msun Estimated) |
Star Age : |
2.5 |
(GY) |
Temperature : |
6309 |
(K) |
Spectral type : |
F7 V |
UV portion[%]: |
0.3 |
Visible portion[%]: |
1.5 |
IR portion[%]: |
98.2 |
Metalicity : |
0.3 |
Absolute Magnitude: |
3.5 |
Apparent Magnitude: |
4.5 |
Right Ascension(RA) |
206.8208 |
Declination (DEC) |
17.4561 |
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tau Boo A b
tau Boo A b
tau Boo A b is an exoplanet orbiting the star tau Boö A, located about 50.9 light-years (15.6 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 1996.
The host star tau Boö A has apparent magnitude of 4.5, with absolute magnitude of 3.5. It is 1.3 times more massive and 1.3 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6309 with its spectral types of F7 V
In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet tau Boo A b orbits around the star tau Boö A every 3.3 days with its orbital distance of 0.05 AU ( 6881502.1 km)
(Projected orbit of tau Boo A b around its host star tau Boö A)
The Star tau Boö A 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation )
: 1.148 AU ( 171694831.9 km)
Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation)
: 1.586 AU ( 237327126.8 km)
Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation)
: 2.417 AU ( 361634020.9 km)
Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation)
: 3.557 AU ( 532160304.0 km)
Radiation at Planetary Boundary of tau Boo A b : 1626624.72 W/m2
(Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star tau Boö A)
Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star tau Boö A distance : 1.152 AU
Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star tau Boö A distance : 1.459 AU
Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star tau Boö A distance : 1.409 AU
Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star tau Boö A distance : 1.544 AU
Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star tau Boö A distance : 2.546 AU
Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star tau Boö A distance : 2.685 AU
(Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star tau Boö A)
Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star tau Boö A distance : 1.166 AU
Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star tau Boö A distance : 1.496 AU
Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star tau Boö A distance : 1.543 AU
Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star tau Boö A distance : 2.592 AU
Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star tau Boö A distance : 2.695 AU
(Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star tau Boö A)
(Position in Stellar Map of star tau Boö A and its Exoplanet tau Boo A b)
(Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star tau Boö A and its Exoplanet tau Boo A b (zoom level 3))
(Synthetic Spectrum of star tau Boö A*)
*Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102