Temperature
2838 K
single adopted value
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FU Tau
M7.25
Records
1
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
2
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 58544613
Approximate color
from effective temperature
Canonical Summary
Adopted host values from one source row
Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Stellar source: Luhman et al. 2009 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.05 Msun
single adopted value
Age
1.00e-3 Gyr
single adopted value
Luminosity
-0.70 log(Lsun)
single adopted value
Spectral Type
M7.25
Consistent across records
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
FU Tau b
Imaging
◌
Discovery
2008
Period
—
Radius
—
Mass
5085.3 M⊕
Eq. Temp
2375 K
FU Tau and Its Young Companion
FU Tau is an M7.25 star, a small, cool red dwarf with a spectral class that places it among the cooler and redder stars. It is a very young object, with an age of 0.001 billion years, and it has a mass of 0.05 solar masses and a temperature of 2840 K. The star's reported mass estimate is smaller than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's. One planet is known to orbit this host.
That planet is FU Tau b, discovered by imaging in 2008. Its mass is 5090 Earth masses, larger than Earth's and roughly 16 times Jupiter's mass. No orbital period is reported for FU Tau b.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
1
Stellar refs
1
System refs
1
Temperaturestable
Massstable
Agestable
Luminositystable
Spectral Typestable
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2838 | 0.05 | — | 1.00e-3 | -0.70 | M7.25 | — | Luhman et al. 2009 | TICv8 |