Artist impression. No real image of Tau Ceti e exists yet.
candidate exoplanet · 11.9 light years from Earth
Tau Ceti e
A super-Earth near the inner edge of Tau Ceti's habitable zone, imagined as a hot hazy desert.
- Type
- Candidate exoplanet
- Orbits
- Tau Ceti
- Distance
- 11.9 light years
- Diameter
- about 20,400 km (estimated)
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Discovered
- 2017
About Tau Ceti e
- Tau Ceti is the nearest single Sun-like star, a favourite of science fiction for decades.
- Tau Ceti e is still a candidate: astronomers have not confirmed it.
- In IKAREE it is imagined as a hot, hazy desert world.
Visit Tau Ceti e in VR
In IKAREE, Tau Ceti e is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Tau Ceti e. Warp seven. Engage.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Tau Ceti e. Warp seven. Engaging.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Tau Ceti e.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
