Exoplanet · gas giant
eps Tau b
eps Tau b is a gas giant orbiting the star Ain. Its year lasts 586 Earth days. It was discovered in 2006 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | Ain |
|---|---|
| Distance | 155.0 light-years (47.5 pc) |
| Orbital period | 586 days |
| Orbital radius | 1.88 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.076 |
| Radius | 12.7 R⊕ · 1.13 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 2,290 M⊕ · 7.19 M♃ |
| Density | 6.13 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 603 K (330 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 22.1 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2006 |
| Discovered by | Okayama Astrophysical Observatory |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 22.1 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 3.5° across: 6.6 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 3.53). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 71° S. North of latitude 71° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1871. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.7 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.