Cancer (constellation) (redirect from Cancri)
its brightest star Beta Cancri having an apparent magnitude of 3.5. It contains ten stars with known planets, including 55 Cancri, which has five: one super-earth...
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Xi Cancri (ξ Cancri, abbreviated Xi Cnc, ξ Cnc) is a spectroscopic binary star system in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. It is visible to the naked...
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Lambda Cancri (λ Cancri, abbreviated Lambda Cnc, λ Cnc) is a blue-white-hued spectroscopic binary star in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. With a combined...
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Nicolaus Copernicus (section 55 Cancri A)
new names. In December 2015, the IAU announced the winning name for 55 Cancri A was Copernicus. Copernicus is commemorated by the Nicolaus Copernicus...
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hydrogen cyanide were found in the atmosphere of the hot Super-Earth 55 Cancri e with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. On 14 December 2023, astronomers reported...
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Richard Hinckley (1963) [1899]. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-21079-0 – via LacusCurtius. Falkner, David...
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Lippershey, the minor planet 31338 Lipperhey, and the exoplanet Lipperhey (55 Cancri d) are named after him. German pronunciation: [hans ˈlɪpɐhaɪ], Dutch pronunciation:...
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2015, the IAU announced the winning name was Harriot for this planet. (55 Cancri in the constellation Cancer). The winning name was submitted by the Royal...
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Laszlo; Sturmann, Judit; White, Russel; Turner, Nils H. (2011-10-10). "55 Cancri: Stellar Astrophysical Parameters, a Planet in the Habitable Zone, and Implications...
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Dole, Stephen H. (1964), Habitable planets for man (1st ed.), New York, N.Y.: Blaisdell Publishing Company, pp. 110 & 113, ISBN 0-444-00092-5, retrieved...
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doi:10.1086/300695. S2CID 291029. Planets have been detected about 55ρ1 Cancri, τ Bootis, and 16 Cygni B, all of which have companion stars. Welsh, William...
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R. H. (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Reprint ed.). New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc. pp. 473. ISBN 0-486-21079-0. "IAU Working Group on...
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R. H. (1963), Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Reprint ed.), New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc, p. 210, ISBN 0-486-21079-0, retrieved 2010-12-12...
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included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names. This star, along with Xi Cancri, were the Persian Nahn, "the Nose", and the Coptic Piautos, "the Eye", both...
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