Exoplanet Tau Ceti asteroid belt

Exoplanet Tau Ceti asteroid belt orbits star Tau Ceti that lies 12 light years away from the Sun. It has about 150px of Earth radius and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.

Sun distance
12 light years

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Tau Ceti asteroid belt

Exoplanet

Star: Tau Ceti

Distance from the star: 10 AU

Basic characteristic

Other designations of this exoplanet
Gliese 71 asteroid belt, GJ 71 asteroid belt, 52 Cet asteroid belt, BD−16° 295 asteroid belt, FK5 59 asteroid belt, HD 10700 asteroid belt, HIP 8102 asteroid belt, HIC 8102 asteroid belt, HR 509 asteroid belt, SAO 147986 asteroid belt, LFT 159 asteroid belt, LHS 146 asteroid belt, LTT 935 asteroid belt, * tau Cet asteroid belt, τ Ceti asteroid belt

Tau Ceti system structure

Exoplanet Tau Ceti asteroid belt orbits star Tau Ceti, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 6 known exoplanets orbiting this star.


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 asteroid belt orbits its star between distances of Saturn and Uranus from the Sun.

		Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
	Distance	25.64	13.83	10	6.56	1.92	1.05	0.52	0.33

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 0.74 - 1.1 AU

The planet is too cold to sustain liquid water on its surface. It is however possible that there is environment with higher temperatures on some of its potential moons.