Tarod IX was the ninth planet in the Tarod star system, and this planet was the location of a Federation outpost. The USS Enterprise-D's second stop on its tour of the destroyed outposts in Sector 30 was at this planet.
Near this system, on its passage to the next destroyed outpost, the Enterprise-D made contact with a Template:ShipClass warbird. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")
It was later determined that the outpost had been attacked by the Borg. (TNG: "Q Who")
According to the Star Trek: Star Charts, on page 66, the Tarod Sector (Sector 030) derived its name from the Tarod system. This system was located in the Beta Quadrant, and was a binary star system. The primary was a K-type star and the secondary was a red dwarf.