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beta Cancri

The planetary system beta Cancri hosts at least one planet.

  System parameters
Primary system name beta Cancri
Alternative system names HD 69267
Right ascension 08 16 30.92101
Declination +09 11 07.9579
Distance [parsec] 93.0±1.6
Distance [lightyears] 303±5
Number of stars in system 1
Number of planets in system 1

ArchitectureArchitecture of the system

This list shows all planetary and stellar components in the system. It gives a quick overview of the hierarchical architecture.

  •  beta Cancri, stellar object
    •  beta Cancri b, planet, semi-major axis: 1.70±0.10 AU

    PlanetsPlanets in the system

    This table lists all planets in the system beta Cancri.

      beta Cancri b
    Alternative planet names beta Cnc b, bet Cnc b, HD 69267 b, Gaia DR2 3098404220677760512 b, HIP 40526 b, TYC 794-1622-1 b, Altarf b, Tarf b
    Description The planet beta Cancri b is orbiting the brighest star in the constellation Cancer once every 600 days. It was found using data from 10, collected with the Bohyunsan Observatory.
    Lists Confirmed planets
    Mass [Mjup] 7.8±0.8
    Mass [Mearth] 2479±254
    Radius [Rjup] N/A
    Radius [Rearth] N/A
    Orbital period [days] 605±4
    Semi-major axis [AU] 1.70±0.10
    Eccentricity 0.08±0.02
    Equilibrium temperature [K] N/A
    Discovery method RV
    Discovery year 2014
    Last updated [yy/mm/dd] 15/11/26

    starStars in the system

    This table lists all stars in the system beta Cancri.

      beta Cancri
    Alternative star names bet Cnc, β Cnc, β Cancri, 17 Cnc, 17 Cancri, Al Tarf, HD 69267, HIP 40526, TYC 794-1622-1, SAO 116569, HR 3249, BD+09 1917, 2MASS J08163090+0911080, Gaia DR2 3098404220677760512, Altarf, Tarf
    Mass [MSun] 1.70±0.10
    Radius [RSun] 47.2±1.3
    Age [Gyr] 1.9±0.3
    Metallicity [Fe/H] -0.29±0.06
    Temperature [K] 4092±18
    Spectral type K4III
    Visual magnitude 3.520±0.009

    Planet sizes

    The following plot shows the approximate sizes of the planets in this system The Solar System planets are shown as a comparison. Note that unless the radius has been determined through a transit observation, this is only an approximation (see Lissauer et al. 2011b).

    PlutoMercuryMarsVenusEarthNeptuneUranusSaturnJupiterbeta Cancri b

    Habitable zone

    The following plot shows the approximate location of the planets in this system with respect to the habitable zone (green) and the size of the star (red). This is only an estimate, using the star's spectral type and mass. Note that if no green band is shown in the plot, then the planet's orbit is far outside the habitable zone. The equations of Selsis, Kasting et al are used to draw the inner and outer boundaries.

    beta Cancri b

    referencesScientific references and contributors

    Links to scientific papers and other data sources

    history http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/
    history http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.2127
    history http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/abs/2014A%26A...566A..67L

    This table lists all links which are relevant to this particular system. Note that this is just a summary. More references to the scientific publications and comments can be found in the commit messages. To see these, head over the github or click here to directly go to the git blame output of this system. In the left column of the output you can see the commit message corresponding to each parameter. It also lists the date of the last commit and the person making the changes. Within the commit message, you will find a link to the scientific publication where the data is taken from. Note that this is a new feature and not all system parameters might have a reference associated with it yet. Please help making this catalogue better and contribute data or references!

    Open Exoplanet Catalogue contributors

    Contributor E-mail Number of commits
    Allen B. Davis abd1(at)williams.edu 1
    Andrew Tribick ajtribick(at)googlemail.com 1
    Hanno Rein hanno(at)hanno-rein.de 4
    Ryan Varley ryanjvarley(at)gmail.com 1

    This table lists all people who have contributed to the Open Exoplanet Catalogue. Please consider contributing! Click here to find out how. You can also view all commits contributing to this file on github.

    xmlData download

    You can download the xml file corresponding to this planetary system, which is part of the Open Exoplanet Catalogue. All information on this page has been directly generated from this XML file. You can also download the entire catalogue over at github. If you prefer to download the dataset as an ASCII tables, you might find the oec_tables repository useful.

    correctionsCorrections

    If you spot an error or if you can contribute additional data to this entry, please send an e-mail to exoplanet@hanno-rein.de. Please include the corrected xml file and a reference to where the new data is coming from, ideally a scientific paper. If you are fluent with git and github, you can also create a pull request or open an issue on the Open Exoplanet Catalogue repository. Please include the reference to the relevant scientific paper in your commit message.