Entering orbit…
| Yours | tau Cet g | |
|---|---|---|
| Mass | 1.90 × Earth | 1.75 × Earth |
| Radius | 1.20 × Earth | 1.18 × Earth |
| Density (composition) | 5.99 g/cm³ | 5.87 g/cm³ |
| Temperature | 761.1 K | 640.0 K |
| Starlight received | 24.0 × Earth | 28.0 × Earth |
| Star temperature | 6,750 K | 5,310 K |
Outside the synchronous orbit: slowly receding, like Luna (~cm per year).
Tidal braking locked the planet to its moon: one face forever moonward.
Too warm for nitrogen and methane frost and too small to hold them as an atmosphere: those ices escaped to space, leaving water ice.
Too warm for ice and too small to hold an atmosphere: the ice sublimated, leaving bare rock.
Tidal flexing melts its interior: an actively volcanic surface (Io-like).