The FU Tau system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 435.40 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.05 solar masses |
Radius | undefined solar radiae |
Temperature | 2838 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | - decimal exponent |
Age | 0.001 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, FU Tau b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 5085.280 Earth masses |
Density | 15.400 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.200 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 800 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | NaN days |
Discovery Method | Imaging |
Discovery Facility | Spitzer Space Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 0.85 m Spitzer Space Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | IRAC Infrared Array Camera |
Discovery Date | 2009-02 |
Reference | Luhman et al. 2009 |