Tau Ceti e

extrasolar planet in the constellation Cetus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tau Ceti e
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Tau Ceti e, also called 52 Ceti e, is a possibly real exoplanet orbiting (going around) Tau Ceti. It was detected in 2012 by using tools and their data to analyze if it was a planet.[1][2] It would orbit between Venus and Mercury at a distance of 0.552 AU with an orbital period of 168 days. It has a minimum mass of 3.93 Earth masses.[3]

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Artistic depiction of Tau Ceti e as a terrestrial planet.

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