Imaginary Picture of FU Tau b

Display orbital revolution of FU Tau b around the hoststar FU Tau
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Exoplanet Name : FU Tau b
Alternate Name : "CAHA Tau 6, MTZ 2 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.9078 (Rjup) 10.1759 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 15.0000 (Mjup) 4769.0700 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 800.0000 (AU) 800.0000 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0000
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 0.00 (Days Obs.) 36960701.29 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 46.0565
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 0.0 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1.1 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 0.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1.2 (K)
Size Class: Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Imaging
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : FU Tau
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 456.6
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.1 (Rsun Estimated)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.1 (Msun Measured) 0.0 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.0 (GY)
Temperature : 2838 (K)
Spectral type : M7.25
UV portion[%]: 0.1
Visible portion[%]: 4.7
IR portion[%]: 95.2
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 4.2
Apparent Magnitude: 9.9
Right Ascension(RA) 65.8974
Declination (DEC) 25.0508
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "Luhman,..; Mamajek,..; Allen,..; Muench,..; Finkbeiner,.."
Discovery Paper - Title Discovery of a Wide Binary Brown Dwarf Born in Isolation
Discovery Paper - Journal "The Astrophysical Journal,olume 691,umber 2"
Discovery Paper - URL http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/691/2/1265/meta
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=FU+Tau+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/FU%20Tau%20B/
FU Tau b
FU Tau b

  • FU Tau b is an exoplanet orbiting the star FU Tau, located about 456.6 light-years (140.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2009.
  • The host star FU Tau has apparent magnitude of 9.9, with absolute magnitude of 4.2.
  • It is 0.1 times more massive and 0.1 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 2838 with its spectral types of M7.25
  • (Projected orbit of FU Tau b around its host star FU Tau)


  • The Star FU Tau 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.009 AU ( 1305127.4 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.012 AU ( 1804027.1 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.018 AU ( 2748938.1 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.027 AU ( 4045182.8 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of FU Tau b : 0.00 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star FU Tau)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star FU Tau distance : 0.010 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star FU Tau distance : 0.013 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star FU Tau distance : 0.012 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star FU Tau distance : 0.013 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star FU Tau distance : 0.025 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star FU Tau distance : 0.027 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star FU Tau)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star FU Tau distance : 0.010 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star FU Tau distance : 0.013 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star FU Tau distance : 0.013 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star FU Tau distance : 0.026 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star FU Tau distance : 0.027 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star FU Tau)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star FU Tau and its Exoplanet FU Tau b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star FU Tau and its Exoplanet FU Tau b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star FU Tau*)
    *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