Proper noun
Tau Ceti
A medium-sized main sequence star located in the constellation Cetus.
However, computed age estimates for Tau Ceti can range from 4.4 main, depending on the model adopted. Source: Internet
Debris disk In 2004, a team of UK astronomers led by Jane Greaves discovered that Tau Ceti has more than ten times the amount of cometary and asteroidal material orbiting it than does the Sun. Source: Internet
In the last chapter of The Dispossessed, we learn that the Hainish people arrived at Tau Ceti 60 years previously, which is more than 150 years after the secession of the Odonians from Urras and their exodus to Anarres. Source: Internet
Life and planet searches Principal factors driving research interest in Tau Ceti are its proximity, Sun-like characteristics and their implications for possible planets and life. Source: Internet
Observations have detected more than ten times as much dust surrounding Tau Ceti as is present in the Solar System. Source: Internet
One of them, tentatively named Tau Ceti e, appears to orbit about half as far from Tau Ceti as Earth does from the Sun. Source: Internet