tau Boo b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

tau Boo b is a hot jupiter orbiting tau Boo, completing an orbit every 3 days, about 51 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 1996 using the radial velocity method.

Host star

Tau Boötis

Spectral type

F7 V

Temperature

6,466 K

Mass

1.32 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Radial Velocity Method

Discovery year

1996

Knowledge connections

OrbitsTau Boötis
Discovered by methodRadial Velocity Method
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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