90 Tauri

{{Short description|A-type main-sequence star in the constellation Taurus}}

{{Starbox observe

|epoch=J2000

|constell=Taurus

|ra={{RA|04|38|09.46166}}{{cite DR2|3306483944376792832}}

|dec={{DEC|+12|30|38.9918}}

|appmag_v=4.27{{cite journal|bibcode=2002yCat.2237....0D|title=VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system|journal=CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues|volume=2237|author1=Ducati, J. R.|year=2002}}

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{{Starbox character

|class=A6 V{{cite journal|bibcode=2007A&A...463..671R|doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20065224|arxiv=astro-ph/0610785|title=Rotational velocities of A-type stars|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics|volume=463|issue=2|pages=671|year=2007|last1=Royer|first1=F.|last2=Zorec|first2=J.|last3=Gómez|first3=A. E.|s2cid=18475298}}

|b-v=+0.12{{cite journal|author1=Mermilliod, J.-C.|title=Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)|journal=Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data|date=1986|bibcode= 1986EgUBV........0M}}

|u-b=+0.11

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{{Starbox astrometry

|radial_v={{Val|40.30|1}}{{cite journal|title=Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system|author=Gontcharov, G. A.|date=2006|journal=Astronomy Letters|volume=32|issue=11|pages=759–771|bibcode=2006AstL...32..759G|doi=10.1134/S1063773706110065|arxiv=1606.08053|s2cid=119231169}}

|prop_mo_ra=102.40{{cite journal|title=Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction|author=van Leeuwen, F.|display-authors=etal|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics|volume=474|issue=2|pages=653–664|date=2007|arxiv=0708.1752|bibcode=2007A&A...474..653V|doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20078357|s2cid=18759600}}

|prop_mo_dec=−15.78

|parallax=22.6374

|p_error=0.3453

|parallax_footnote=

|absmag_v=+1.18

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{{Starbox detail

|mass={{Val|2.09|0.11}}{{cite journal|title=Fundamental parameters of nearby stars from the comparison with evolutionary calculations: masses, radii and effective temperatures|author1=Allende Prieto, C.|author2=Lambert, D. L.|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics|volume=352|pages=555–562|date=1999|bibcode=1999A&A...352..555A|arxiv=astro-ph/9911002}}

|radius=2.8

|temperature=8,130

|luminosity=

|gravity={{Val|3.88|0.10}}

|metal_fe=

|rotational_velocity=89

|age_gyr=

}}

{{Starbox catalog

|names={{odlist |B=c Tau | F=90 Tau | BD=+12°618 | FK5=2342 | HD=29388 | HIP=21589 | HR=1473 | SAO=94044 }}{{cite simbad | title=90 Tau | access-date=2019-03-29 }}

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{{Starbox reference

|Simbad=90+Tau

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90 Tauri (90 Tau) is a star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus, located 144 light-years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.27. 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. It has 2.1 times the mass of the Sun and 2.8 times the Sun's radius. 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.