tau Boo · F7 V
tau Boo b
Rank #5017 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Radial Velocity in 1996
HZ 0%measured
0.067
Earth-2.0 index
0.093
Earth Similarity Index
0%
Habitable-zone probability
12.80 R⊕
Radius
Planet
Mass1891.000 M⊕measured
Bulk density4.950 g/cm³
Orbital period3.3125 days
Semi-major axis0.04900 au
Eccentricity0.011
Incident flux1333.783 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature1536.2 K
Maximum angular separation3.13 masReflected-light contrast 1.18e-5 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources5 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage67%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.
Host star & system
Hosttau Boo
Spectral typeF7 V
Effective temperature6466 K
Radius1.426 R☉
Mass1.320 M☉
Distance15.7 pc / 51.0 ly
DiscoveryRadial Velocity, 1996