FW Tau

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Imaginary Picture of Star FW Tau
Star Name : FW Tau
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 472.9262 (LY) 145.0000 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.2830 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.2600 (Msun/observed) 0.2600 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : M4
Metalicity : 0.0000
Absolute Magnitude : 9.69
Apparent Magnitude : 15.50
Right Ascension(RA) : 67.37379
Declination(DEC) : 26.28139
  • This is the FW Tau . The star FW Tau islocated about 472.9 light-years (145.0 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star FW Tau has apparent magnitude of 15.5, with absolute magnitude of 9.7.
  • It is 0.3 times more massive and 0.3 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 3270 with its spectral types of M4
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet FW Tau b radius 0.907830 mass 10.000000 orbital distance 330.000000
    (Illustration of the FW Tau's Planetary System)



    The Star FW Tau 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.066 AU ( 9806051.5 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.091 AU ( 13554525.7 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.138 AU ( 20654097.6 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.203 AU ( 30393409.4 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star FW Tau)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star FW Tau distance : 0.122 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star FW Tau distance : 0.154 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star FW Tau distance : 0.148 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star FW Tau distance : 0.162 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star FW Tau distance : 0.303 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star FW Tau distance : 0.319 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star FW Tau)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star FW Tau distance : 0.121 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star FW Tau distance : 0.159 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star FW Tau distance : 0.160 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star FW Tau distance : 0.307 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star FW Tau distance : 0.320 AU

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



    (Position in Stellar Map of star FW Tau )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star FW Tau (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star EPIC 201497682*)
    *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