Tau9 Eridani (τ9 Eri) is a binary star in the constellation Eridanus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.63.[3] The distance to this system can be estimated using the parallax method, which yields a value of roughly 327 light years.[3]
This is a double-lined spectroscopic binary system with an orbital period of 5.95382 days and an eccentricity of 0.12.[7] The primary component, τ9 Eri A, is a magnetic chemically peculiar star[10] with a stellar classification of B9.5V Si,[4] indicating that it is a B-type main sequence star that shows abundance anomalies in its silicon absorption lines.[4] It is an Alpha² Canum Venaticorum variable[5] with a rotational periodicity of 5.954 days.[11] The averaged strength of the stellar effective magnetic field is 240.6±91.0 G.[4]
The primary component Tau9 Eridani A has an estimated 326%[10] the mass of the Sun and 3.1 times the Sun's radius.[8] It shines with 166[12] times the solar luminosity from an outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 10,866 K.[12] The star is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 30 km/s.[13] The secondary star, designated Tau9 Eridani B, is a late A-type or early F-type star with a mass of 1.6 solar masses and an effective temperature of 7530 K.[7]
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