Planetary System
In 2007 a massive extrasolar planet was reported orbiting the star. The planet orbits Epsilon Tauri every 1.6 years in a somewhat eccentric orbit. At the time of the discovery it was the only known planet in an open cluster. No other planets have yet been detected in the Hyades cluster, but another planetary system—Iota Horologii— belongs to the Hyades stream and may be an escaped member of the cluster.
| Companion |
Mass | Semimajor axis |
Orbital period |
Eccentricity | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | >7.6 (± 0.2) MJ | 1.93 (± 0.03) | 594.9 (± 5.3) | 0.151 (± 0.023) | — |
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