SpazeSun-like star
Tau Ceti
A calm, Sun-like neighbour long favoured by science fiction, with a thick disc of debris.
- Distance
- 11.9 light years
- Surface
- 5,071 °C
- Size
- 0.8 × the Sun
Outer layers
- H 73%
- He 25%
- O, C, Fe and heavier 2%
Glowing hydrogen plasma
Modelled from typical stellar abundances