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81 Ceti

81 Ceti
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 02h 37m 41.80s
Declination –03° 23′ 46.2″
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.656
Characteristics
Spectral type G5III
B−V color index 1.011
Variable type None
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) +7.7 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 40.18 ± 0.52 mas/yr
Dec.: -42.91 ± 0.55 mas/yr
Parallax (π) 10.81 ± 0.45mas
Distance 300 ± 10 ly
(93 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV) 0.718
Details
Mass 1.6 ± 0.2 M
Radius 11.1 ± 0.3 R
Luminosity 60.0 ± 0.8 L
Surface gravity (log g) 2.5 ± 0.1 cgs
Temperature 4825 ± 41 K
Metallicity [Fe/H] –0.06 ± 0.03 dex
Age 2.5 ± 0.9 Gyr
Other designations
BD−04° 436, GC 3158, HD 16400, HIP 12247, HR 771, SAO 130026
Database references
SIMBAD data
Exoplanet Archive data
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
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81 Ceti (abbreviated 81 Cet) is the Flamsteed designation of a G-type giant star approximately 300 light years away in the constellation of Cetus. Based on its mass of 2.4 solar masses, it was an A-type star when it was a main-sequence star.

In July 2008, the planet 81 Ceti b was announced by Sato, along with 14 Andromedae b and 6 Lyncis b. The planet was found to be a super-Jupiter, with 5.3 times the mass of Jupiter. It takes 953 days for it to complete its orbit around the star.

Coordinates: Sky map02h 37m 41.8003s, −03° 23′ 46.229″


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