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Exoplanet Tau Ceti e
Exoplanet Tau Ceti e orbits star Tau Ceti that lies 12 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 3.93 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
12 light years
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Tau Ceti e
Exoplanet
Star: Tau Ceti
Distance from the star: 0.538 AU
Orbit around star: 162.8 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Tau Ceti e around its star is 162.8 days.
The orbital period of an exoplanet is the time it takes to complete one full orbit around its star, usually measured in days. Most of the exoplanets discovered so far have orbital periods of less than one year...
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Basic characteristic
Mass: 3.93 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Tau Ceti e has 3.93 Earth masses, or 0.27 times the mass of Uranus.
The mass of an exoplanet is one of the most important characteristics for understanding what kind of world it is — whether it’s small and rocky like Earth or large and gaseous like Jupiter. Mass provides key information about the planet’s composition, gravity, and formation history...
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Year of discovery: 2017 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
Gliese 71 e, GJ 71 e, 52 Cet e, BD−16° 295 e, FK5 59 e, HD 10700 e, HIP 8102 e, HIC 8102 e, HR 509 e, SAO 147986 e, LFT 159 e, LHS 146 e, LTT 935 e, * tau Cet e, τ Ceti e
Gliese 71 e, GJ 71 e, 52 Cet e, BD−16° 295 e, FK5 59 e, HD 10700 e, HIP 8102 e, HIC 8102 e, HR 509 e, SAO 147986 e, LFT 159 e, LHS 146 e, LTT 935 e, * tau Cet e, τ Ceti e
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Tau Ceti system structure
Exoplanet Tau Ceti e orbits star Tau Ceti, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 6 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Tau Ceti | ||||||||
| Tau Ceti b unconfirmed |
0.11 AU | 2 M⊕ | 14 days | ||||||
| Tau Ceti g | 0.13 AU | 1.8 M⊕ | 20 days | ||||||
| Tau Ceti c unconfirmed |
0.2 AU | 0 M⊕ | 35.4 days | ||||||
| Tau Ceti h | 0.24 AU | 1.8 M⊕ | 49.4 days | ||||||
| Tau Ceti e | 0.54 AU | 3.9 M⊕ | 162.8 days | ||||||
| Tau Ceti f | 1.33 AU | 3.9 M⊕ | 636.1 days | ||||||
| Tau Ceti asteroid belt | 10 AU | - | |||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Tau Ceti e has 27 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star a little closer than Venus.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 71.45 | 4.82 | 3.93 | 35.73 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.27 | 0.23 |
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Distance | 1.38 | 0.74 | 0.54 | 0.35 | 0.1 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.74 - 1.1 AU
The planet is orbiting on the edge of the habitable zone of its star.