τ Vir, 93 Virginis, BD+02°2761, FK5 516, HD 122408, HIP 68520, HR 5264, SAO 120238[12]
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Tau Virginis (τ Vir, τ Virginis) is a single[13] star in the zodiac constellation Virgo. With an apparent visual magnitude of 4.28,[2] it is faintly visible to the naked eye. The distance to Tau Virginis, based upon parallax measurements, is approximately 225 light years with a margin of error of ±3 light years.
This star has a stellar classification of A2IV/V,[3] which matches the spectrum of an A-type main sequence star mixed with spectral traits of a subgiant. It is about 700[7] million years old and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 186 km/s.[11] The star has nearly double[7] the mass of the Sun and about 160% of the Sun's radius.[8] It shines with 70[9] times the luminosity of the Sun and has an effective temperature of 8413 K in its outer atmosphere.[7]
Tau Virginis has multiple visual companions, listed below:[14]
Companion
Visual Magnitude
Angular Separation
Position Angle
Year Measured
B
9.41
82.70″
287°
2012
C
13.10
176.70″
353°
2000
D
9.68
342.70″
85°
2012
E
12.00
14.6″
175°
2009
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and R. Paul Butler, 70 Virginis was one of the first stars confirmed to have planets orbiting it. When first announced, 70 Virginis b was considered to be...
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Virginis", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 287: 95–104, Bibcode:1994A&A...287...95M. Breger, M.; et al. (January 1999), "The delta Scuti star FG Virginis....
Table 1. Cox, Arthur N. (1 March 2003). "A Pulsation Mechanism for GW Virginis Variables". The Astrophysical Journal. 585 (2): 975–982. Bibcode:2003ApJ...
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unhelpful. They note that the discoverers of the two planets around HW Virginis tried to circumvent the naming problem by calling them "HW Vir 3" and "HW...
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RV Tau variables is typically a few thousand times the sun, which places them at the upper end of the W Virginis instability strip. Therefore, RV Tau variables...
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in the novel Tau Zero to create enough speed for onboard time dilation to occur so the passengers can reach the far away Beta Virginis star within their...
these planets supporting liquid water. One of the first discoveries was 70 Virginis b, a gas giant initially nicknamed "Goldilocks" due to it being neither...
"A Warm Jupiter-sized Planet Transiting the Pre-main-sequence Star V1298 Tau". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (2): 79. arXiv:1902.09670. Bibcode:2019AJ...
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