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yellow, Sun-like star · G8.5V

tau Cet

tau Cet is a yellow, Sun-like star 11.8 light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 5,310 K, 0.78 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 12 billion years. It has 3 known planets.

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Planets
3 
Distance
11.8 light-years3.6 pc
Star
5,310 K0.83 R☉

About this system

The innermost, tau Cet g, circles it in 20 days; the outermost, tau Cet f, in 636 days.

Worlds of tau Cet

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
tau Cet gEarth-sized 1.2 × Earth20 days640 K
tau Cet hEarth-sized 1.2 × Earth49.4 days473 K
tau Cet fSuper-Earth 1.8 × Earth636 days202 K