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Tau Boötis
4 Boötis
A
variable
F-type
star
in the southern parts of
Boötes
, not far from the
bright
star
Arcturus
. Tau Boötis is probably best known for having a giant
planet
, some eight times the mass of
Jupiter
, in close
orbit
around it.
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