Tau Bootis b exoplanet. Artwork of the exoplanet Tau Bootis b (lower left) and its parent star (upper right). This planet is around 51 light years from Earth in the constellation of Bootes. It is a gas giant planet with a mass of around 6 Jupiters. It orbits at a very close distance of around 7 million kilometres from its parent star. It was discovered in 1996. The parent star is a yellow-white dwarf | |
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