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Exoplanet Tau Ceti e

by

Ron Miller/Novapix

Reference

a-exo99-32250

Date

2017-01-08

Tau Ceti e is a super-Earth located in its star's habitable zone.
Tau Ceti is a star in the constellation Cetus that is spectrally similar to the Sun, although it has only about 78% of the Sun's mass. At a distance of just under 12 light-years (3.7 parsecs) from the Solar System, it is a relatively nearby star.