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Planets/Exoplanets/tau Gem b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

tau Gem b

Orbiting tau Gem

Discovered in 2013 using Radial Velocity. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,013
Method: Radial Velocity
Radius: 12.1 R⊕
Mass: 6,547 M⊕
Orbit: 305.5 days
Distance: 112.537 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 305.5 days
Semi-major axis: 1.17 AU
Eccentricity: 0.031
Radius: 12.1 Earth radii
Mass: 6,547 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Msini
Density: 20.3 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 1,012.69 K
Insolation: 241.3109 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: tau Gem
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: K2 III
Stellar temperature: 4,388 K
Stellar radius: 26.8 R☉
Stellar mass: 2.3 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.14 dex
Stellar age: 1.22 Gyr
Distance: 112.537 parsecs
Right ascension: 07h11m08.33s
Declination: +30d14m41.84s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Radial Velocity
Discovery year: 2,013
Publication date: 2013-07
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: Lick Observatory
Telescope: 0.6 m Coude Auxiliary Telescope
Instrument: Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

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