Epsilon Eridani size and scale context

Epsilon Eridani is a nearby orange dwarf star often treated as a younger cousin of the Sun. Hubble observations linked a giant planet to the same tilted debris disk around the star, giving astronomers a rare look at a planetary system still messy in the aftermath of formation. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

EarthTerrestrial planet·12,742 km
NeptuneIce giant planet·49,528 km
JupiterGas giant planet·140,000 km
Epsilon EridaniK-type main-sequence star·1.03 million km
SunG-type main-sequence star·1.39 million km

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