66 Cancri

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66 Cancri
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension Template:RA[1]
Declination Template:DEC[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.870[2] (5.95 + 8.56)[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence[4]
Spectral type A2 V[2]
B−V Template:Engvar Script error: No such module "val".[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)Script error: No such module "val".[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +0.48[7] mas/yr
Dec.: +0.34[7] mas/yr
Parallax (π)6.8850±0.1020 mas[1]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
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Absolute magnitude (MV)0.14[5]
Details
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LuminosityScript error: No such module "val".[4] Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)4.0[2][4] cgs
TemperatureScript error: No such module "val".[4] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)183[4] km/s
Age162[2] Myr
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
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Database references
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66 Cancri is a binary star[9] system near the northern border of the zodiac constellation of Cancer, located 474 light years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.87.[2] The pair are moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −13 light years.[6] As of 2003, the magnitude 8.56 companion was located at an angular separation of Script error: No such module "val". along a position angle of 134° from the primary.[9]

The brighter member of the system, designated component A, is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A2 V.[2] It is around 162[2] million years old with a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 183 km/s.[4] Estimates of the mass of the star range from 1.7[10] up to 2.73[4] times the mass of the Sun. It is radiating 96[4] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,974 K.[4]

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