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A&A, 514 (2010) A23

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Table 1:

Parameters of the star $\tau$ Boo and its planetary companion.
Parameter	Value	Error	Ref.
Star:
Spectral type	F7 IV-V		B97
$V~({\rm mag})$	6.35		VF05
$d~ (\rm {pc})$	15.60	0.17	VF05
$M_{\star}~({M_{\odot}})$	1.33	0.11	VF05
$R_{\star}~({R_{\odot}})$	1.31	0.06	G98
$P_{\rm {rot}}~({\rm d})$	3.31		B97
$v \sin i~(\rm {km~s^{-1}})$	14.9	0.5	H00
Age (Gyr)	1.3	0.4	VF05
Planet:
$M_{\rm {p}} \sin i~({M_{\rm {Jup}}})$	4.13	0.34	B06
$a~ (\rm {AU})$	0.0481	0.0028	B06
e	0.023	0.015	B06
$K_{\star}~(\rm {km~s^{-1}})$	0.4611	0.0076	B06
Orbital period (d)	3.31245	0.00003	L03
${ T_{\phi=0}}$ (JD)	2 451 653.968	0.015	L03

Notes. Abbreviations for the references are: B06 = Butler et al. (2006) and references therein, B97 = Baliunas et al. (1997), G98 = Gonzalez (1998), H00 = Henry et al. (2000), L89 = Latham et al. (1989), L03 = Leigh et al. (2003a), VF05 = Valenty & Fischer (2005).

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