Project Hail Mary · Andy Weir, 2021

How far is Erid from Earth in Project Hail Mary?

16.3light-years

Erid circles 40 Eridani, 16.3 light-years from the Sun and about 10 from Tau Ceti.

See Erid on the star chart
For scale
Sun to Erid (40 Eridani) 16.3 lySun to Tau Ceti 11.9 lyTau Ceti to Erid 10 ly

From the book

Erid is Rocky's home: a heavy, hot planet, about 2 g, under 29 atmospheres of ammonia. It is so dark there that Eridians never evolved eyes. Rocky's side of the tunnel runs at 210 °C.

Its star, 40 Eridani, is an orange dwarf, and it is dimming too, which is why Rocky came to Tau Ceti. On the map Erid's orbit follows the real (and disputed) planet 40 Eridani b.

This is where the book ends, so there are spoilers in the scene behind the button.

See Erid on the star chart

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