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Bookmark or Share- Tau Ceti Facts | Solarsystemquick.comAlso Known As: Durre Menthor. Distance From Earth: 12 light years. Constellation: Cetus. Star Type: G-type main sequence. Mass: 78% of sun. Luminosity: 52% of Sun. Diameter: 680,000 miles (1.1 million km) - 79% of Sun. Temperature: Approx 5,100C (9,200F) Age: Approx 6 billion years old. Rotation Period: 34 days.
- The Nearest Stars to Earth (Infographic) | SpaceTau Ceti is the nearest single G-type star like our sun (although the Alpha Centauri triple-star system also hosts a G-type star and is much closer). The masses of Tau Ceti’s planets...
- Well, hello! 4 Earth-sized planets found at nearest sunlike starTau Ceti is a rather faint star in the constellation Cetus the Whale – only 3.5 magnitude – but it is visible to the unaided eye in a dark sky. Image via Wikipedia.
- Tau Ceti - WikipediaTau Ceti, Latinized from τ Ceti, is a single 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 and the closest solitary G-class star.
- Tau Ceti Star: Facts About the Nearest Sun-Like Star to the Solar SystemTau Ceti is a G-type star located about 12 light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. With an apparent magnitude of 3.5, Tau Ceti is one of the stars we can see with the naked eye. Its spectral type, G8V, indicates that it is still in the main-sequence like our Sun.
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