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Exoplanet Tau Ceti e

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-32250

Image Size 300 DPI: 35 * 26 cm

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.

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2012 - ASTRONOMY - CETUS - COMET - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - HABITABLE ZONE - ILLUSTRATION - PLANET - SUPER-EARTH - TAU CETI - TAU CETI e - WATER -