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Tau Gruis b, also known as HD 216435 b, is an extrasolar planet approximately 109 light-years away in the constellation of Grus (the Crane). The planet was discovered orbiting the star Tau Gruis in September 2002. It was calculated that the planet orbits its sun at an average distance of 2.7 astronomical units. The planet is over 1.25 times as massive as Jupiter.

See also

• 55 Cancri
• Phi2 Pavonis
• Rho Indi b

References

• Jones; Butler, R. Paul; Tinney, C. G.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Penny, Alan J.; McCarthy, Chris; Carter, Brad D. (2003). "An exoplanet in orbit around τ1 Gruis". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 341 (3): 948–952. arXiv:astro-ph/0209302. Bibcode:2003MNRAS.341..948J. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06481.x. S2CID 1575040. (web Preprint)

External links

• "Notes for planet HD 216435 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
• "Tau1 Gruis". Solstation. Retrieved 2008-06-22.

v t e Constellation of Grus
List of stars in Grus List of star names in Grus Grus in Chinese astronomy
Stars	Bayer α (Alnair) β (Tiaki) γ (Aldhanab) δ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ μ ν ξ ο π π ρ σ σ τ τ τ υ φ Variable RZ CE HR 8323 8501 HD 208487 (Itonda) 213240 215456 Other 2MASS J22282889–4310262 Gliese 832 PSR J2144−3933 S5-HVS1 WASP-95 WISE 2220−3628
Exoplanets Gliese 832 b HD 208487 b HD 213240 b τ Gruis b
Galaxies	NGC 7070 7070A 7072 7075 7079 7087 7213 7418 7424 7496 7531 7552 7582 7590 Other IC 1459 IC 5201
Galaxy clusters Abell S1063
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