Tau Boötis b

Summary

Tau Boötis b is an exoplanet^[1]. It draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #62 of 578).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tau Boötis b is credited with the discovery of Geoffrey Marcy^[3].
• Tau Boötis b's image is recorded as HD 209458 System1.jpg^[4].
• Tau Boötis b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].
• Tau Boötis b's constellation is recorded as Boötes^[6].
• Tau Boötis b's Commons category is recorded as Tau Bootis b^[7].
• Tau Boötis b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Tau Boötis A^[8].
• Tau Boötis b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 72506701b^[9].
• Tau Boötis b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Tau Boötis b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Tau Boötis b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05ff1h^[12].
• Tau Boötis b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy^[13].
• Tau Boötis b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0074'}^[14].
• Tau Boötis b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+45'}^[15].
• Tau Boötis b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+4.3'}^[16].
• Tau Boötis b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+5.95'}^[17].
• Tau Boötis b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3421309', 'amount': '+1.06'}^[18].
• Tau Boötis b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+3.3124534'}^[19].
• Tau Boötis b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+64.03'}^[20].
• Tau Boötis b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.04869'}^[21].
• Tau Boötis b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21'}^[22].
• Tau Boötis b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as * tau Boo b^[23].
• Tau Boötis b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "TauBootisb"]^[24].
• Tau Boötis b's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as tau_boo_ab--7^[25].
• Tau Boötis b's NASA Exoplanet Archive ID is recorded as tau Boo b^[26].
• Tau Boötis b's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+206.815597500'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Tau Boötis b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].

History and Context

Tau Boötis b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 72506701b^[9].

Why It Matters

Tau Boötis b draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #62 of 578).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]