Tau Ceti b

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Tau Ceti b is an exoplanet orbiting the nearby Sun-like star Tau Ceti in the constellation Cetus.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tau Ceti b canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf exoplanet ⓘ
candidateStatus planet candidate ⓘ
catalogDesignation HD 10700 b ⓘ
HIP 8102 b ⓘ
declination −15° 56′ 15″ (host star) ⓘ
discoveredBy Eugenio Rivera ⓘ
Hugh R. A. Jones ⓘ
Mikko Tuomi ⓘ
Paul Butler ⓘ
Steven S. Vogt ⓘ
discoveryMethod radial velocity ⓘ
discoveryPublication Astronomy & Astrophysics ⓘ
discoveryTechniqueDetail Bayesian analysis of precision radial-velocity data ⓘ
discoveryYear 2012 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 11.9 light-years ⓘ
distanceFromSolarSystem about 11.9 light-years ⓘ
equilibriumTemperature hotter than Earth ⓘ
habitabilityStatus not in the habitable zone ⓘ
hasFollowUpStudies radial-velocity reanalyses ⓘ
hostStar Tau Ceti ⓘ
hostStarAge older than the Sun ⓘ
hostStarAlternativeName HD 10700 ⓘ
HIP 8102 ⓘ
HR 509 ⓘ
hostStarApparentMagnitude 3.5 ⓘ
hostStarConstellation Cetus ⓘ
hostStarDistanceFromEarth about 11.9 light-years ⓘ
hostStarMetallicity metal-poor compared to the Sun ⓘ
hostStarType G8.5V main-sequence star ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Cetus ⓘ
massCategory super-Earth ⓘ
minimumMass about 2 Earth masses ⓘ
nearbyTo Solar System ⓘ
orbitalPeriod about 14 days ⓘ
orbits Tau Ceti ⓘ
partOfPlanetarySystem Tau Ceti planetary system ⓘ
linked to: Tau Ceti
planetType super-Earth candidate ⓘ
positionInSystem innermost known planet of Tau Ceti system ⓘ
rightAscension 01h 44m 04s (host star) ⓘ
semiMajorAxis about 0.11 AU ⓘ
stabilityStatus dynamically stable in multi-planet models ⓘ
surfaceConditions likely too hot for liquid water ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tau Ceti f → sharesSystemWith → Tau Ceti b ⓘ
HR 509 → hasExoplanetCandidate → Tau Ceti b ⓘ