FU Tau b
Description: FU Tauri is a brown dwarf binary system in the constellation of Taurus about 429 light years away. The secondary is very close to the lower limit for brown dwarfs and several databases list it as a distant massive exoplanet.
Physical Properties
Mass (Jupiter mass): 16.0 MJ
Radius (Jupiter radius): 1.09 RJ
Density: 15.4 g/cm³
Equilibrium Temperature: 2375.0 K
Orbital Parameters
Orbital Period: Unknown
Semi-major Axis: 800.0 AU
Eccentricity: Unknown
Inclination: Unknown
Host Star Properties
Host Star: FU Tau
Spectral Type: M7.25
Temperature: 2838.0 K
Stellar Mass: 0.05 M☉
Stellar Radius: Unknown
Discovery Information
Planet Letter: b
Object ID: 3.11489
Host ID: 2.103644
Discovery Date: 2009-02
Discovery Year: 2008
Discovery Method: Imaging
Discovery Locale: Space
Discovery Facility: Spitzer Space Telescope
Discovery Instrument: IRAC Infrared Array Camera