90 Tauri
04h38m 09.46166s[1]
+12° 30′ 38.9918″[1]
4.27[2]
Characteristics
A6 V[3]
U−B color index
+0.11[4]
B−V color index
+0.12[4]
Radial velocity (Rv)
40.30±1[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)
RA: 102.40[6] mas/yr
Dec.: −15.78[6] mas/yr
Parallax (π)
Absolute magnitude (MV)
+1.18[7]
Details
Surface gravity (log g)
Rotational velocity (v sin i)
89[3] km/s
Database references
90 Tauri (90 Tau) is a star in the zodiac constellationofTaurus,[9] located 144 light-years away from the Sun.[1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.27.[2] 90 Tauri is a member of the Hyades cluster and is listed as a double star.
This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A6 V.[3] It has 2.1 times the mass of the Sun and 2.8 times the Sun's radius.[8] An orbiting companion was announced in 2014. This is probably a spectral class K4V star with an estimated orbital period of at least 84 days. The primary is being orbited by a debris disk.[10]
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