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    Tau 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...
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    Tau Ceti e, also called 52 Ceti e, is an exoplanet candidate orbiting Tau Ceti, first detected in 2012 by statistical analyses of the star's variations...
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    often portrayed as the destination of the first interstellar voyage. Tau Ceti, a relatively-nearby star regarded as a plausible candidate for harbouring...
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    Tau Boötis b, or more precisely Tau Boötis Ab, is an extrasolar planet approximately 51 light-years away. The planet and its host star is one of the planetary...
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    Earth. On 11 January 2023, NASA scientists reported the detection of LHS 475 b, an Earth-like exoplanet — and the first exoplanet discovered by the James...
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    the seventh-closest star system to Earth. Its own nearest neighbor is Tau Ceti, 0.98 pc (3.20 ly) away from it. If R v = + 29 {\displaystyle R_{v}=+29}...
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  • same type of variability as HL Tau 76; in 1972, it was given the variable star designation ZZ Ceti. The name ZZ Ceti also refers to this class of pulsating...
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    fluctuations in luminosity. YZ Ceti is about 13 percent the mass of the Sun and 17% of its radius. This star is unusually close to Tau Ceti, a star of spectral class...
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    HL Tau 76 is a variable white dwarf star of the DAV (or ZZ Ceti) type. It was observed by G. Haro and W. J. Luyten in 1961, and was the first variable...
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    well-known examples of G-type main-sequence stars include Alpha Centauri, Tau Ceti, and 51 Pegasi. The term yellow dwarf is a misnomer, because G-type stars...
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