Beta Cancri (β Cancri, abbreviated Beta Cnc, β Cnc), also named Tarf/ˈtɑːrf/,[12] is the brightest star in the zodiacal constellation of Cancer. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +3.5[2] and an absolute magnitude of −1.2.[8] Based on parallax measurements obtained by the Gaia spacecraft, it is approximately 323 light-years distant from the Sun.[6] An exoplanet, designated Beta Cancri b, is believed to be orbiting the star.[10]
Beta Cancri has a companion listed and together they are designated WDS J08165+0911. As the primary, Beta Cancri bears the designation WDS J08165+0911A.[11] The companion is designated WDS J08165+0911B.[13]
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^ abcVallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875.
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BetaCancri (β Cancri, abbreviated Beta Cnc, β Cnc), also named Tarf /ˈtɑːrf/, is the brightest star in the zodiacal constellation of Cancer. It has an...
BetaCancri b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits the K-type giant BetaCancri. Its mass is 7.8 Jupiters, it takes 1.7 years to complete one orbit of...
Cancer. The 121 stars are sorted by decreasing brightness, beginning with BetaCancri, the brightest star in Cancer. Lists of stars by constellation Final...
3.51 Xi2 Sagittarii Star 3.519 Xi Serpentis Triple star system 3.52 BetaCancri Binary star system Suspected variable star 3.52 Phi Velorum Star 3.52...
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imaging (HR 8799), are known to also host debris disks. The nearby star 55 Cancri, a system that is also known to contain five planets, also was reported...
; Hatzes, A.P.; Kim, K.-M. (2014). "Planetary Companions in K giants β Cancri, μ Leonis, and β Ursae Minoris". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 566: 7. arXiv:1405...
et al. (November 2022). "Revisiting the Iconic Spitzer Phase Curve of 55 Cancri e: Hotter Dayside, Cooler Nightside, and Smaller Phase Offset". The Astronomical...
(2021), "The search for radio emission from the exoplanetary systems 55 Cancri, υ Andromedae, and τ Boötis using LOFAR beam-formed observations", Astronomy...
ligands and more, and how they interact. Atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth, are detected by researchers...
Nánhé was also associated with a gate or sentry. Along with Zeta and 8 Cancri, 6 Canis Minoris and 11 Canis Minoris formed the asterism Shuiwei, which...
together with the planet of Tau Boötis and the innermost planet of 55 Cancri. The discovery was made by Geoffrey Marcy and R. Paul Butler, both astronomers...
First planet discovered in a multiple main-sequence star system 55 Cancri b 55 Cancri 1996 55 Cnc has a distant red dwarf companion. The planet around Gamma...
(honoring the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus) for the stars Mu Arae and 55 Cancri A, respectively. In July 2016, the IAU WGSN approved the name Cor Caroli...
Arae honoring the writer Miguel de Cervantes Copernicus for the star 55 Cancri A honoring the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus In 2016, the IAU organized...
twenty-eight mansions sign Ghost (Delta Cancri), while in reality, it approached the star north-west of the asterism (Eta Cancri). The oldest and most detailed...
Kepler 10c. The next most massive known solid planets are half this mass: 55 Cancri e and Kepler-20b. Gas planets can have large solid cores. The Saturn-mass...
to allow continents to exist. Large surface temperature variations on 55 Cancri e have been attributed to possible volcanic activity releasing large clouds...
charioteer during the Spring and Autumn period. The other components are Beta Cassiopeiae (Caph), Kappa Cassiopeiae, Alpha Cassiopeiae (Schedar) and Lambda...
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