FU Tau b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting FU Tau.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 5,085 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 2,102 °C (3,815 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 5,085 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,375 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- Unknown
- Average distance from its star
- 800 AU
Star
- Host star
- FU Tau
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 2,838 K
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 0.05 × Sun
- Age
- 0.001 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- Unknown
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2008
- Method
- Imaging
- Facility
- Spitzer Space Telescope
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.