Tau Ceti c
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Tau Ceti c is a likely rocky exoplanet orbiting the nearby Sun-like star Tau Ceti in the constellation Cetus.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exoplanet
ⓘ
likely rocky planet ⓘ |
| candidatePlanetsInSystem |
Tau Ceti b
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tau Ceti d NERFINISHED ⓘ Tau Ceti e NERFINISHED ⓘ Tau Ceti f NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation | Tau Ceti c NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confirmationStatus | not yet securely confirmed ⓘ |
| detectionStatus | planet candidate ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Hugh R. A. Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mikko Tuomi NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven S. Vogt NERFINISHED ⓘ collaborating team of astronomers ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | radial velocity ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth | about 11.9 light-years ⓘ |
| distanceFromSun | about 11.9 light-years ⓘ |
| eccentricity | low or moderate (poorly constrained) ⓘ |
| equilibriumTemperature | hotter than Earth ⓘ |
| followUpNeeded | further radial-velocity and other observations required for confirmation ⓘ |
| galacticLocation | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitabilityStatus | likely too hot for Earth-like surface habitability ⓘ |
| hostStar | Tau Ceti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostStarDistanceFromEarth | about 3.65 parsecs ⓘ |
| hostStarMetallicity | sub-solar metallicity ⓘ |
| hostStarSimilarityToSun | Sun-like star ⓘ |
| hostStarType | G8V main-sequence star ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Cetus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massCategory | super-Earth ⓘ |
| minimumMass | about 3.1 Earth masses ⓘ |
| nearbyStarSystem | solar neighborhood ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | about 20 days ⓘ |
| orbits | Tau Ceti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| planetType | terrestrial-like candidate ⓘ |
| radialVelocitySignal | low-amplitude ⓘ |
| researchInterest | example of low-mass planet around a nearby Sun-like star ⓘ |
| semiMajorAxis | about 0.13 AU ⓘ |
| stellarSystem | Tau Ceti system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surfaceComposition | likely rocky ⓘ |
| systemMultiplicity | part of a multi-planet candidate system ⓘ |
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