Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 |
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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 | |
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: 02h 37m 41.8003s, −03° 23′ 46.229″