20 Cancri

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20 Cancri
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension 08h 23m 21.84287s [1]
Declination +18° 19 55.7825 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.94 [2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence [3]
Spectral type A9 V [3]
B−V color index 0.175 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+35.8±2.9 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −51.953 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: −19.416 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.7606 ± 0.0986  mas [1]
Distance 372 ± 4  ly
(114 ± 1  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)+0.63 [2]
Details
Mass 2.41±0.10 [3]   M
Radius 3.7 [1]   R
Luminosity 59.9+19.9
−15.0
[3]   L
Surface gravity (log g)3.62 [1]   cgs
Temperature 7,907±73 [3]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.30 [1]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)50 [3]  km/s
Age 700 [1]   Myr
Other designations
d1 Cnc, 20 Cnc, BD+18°1930, FK5  1220, HD  70569, HIP  41117, HR  3284, SAO  97781 [5]
Database references
SIMBAD data

20 Cancri is an astrometric binary [6] star system in the constellation Cancer, located about 372  light-years away from the Sun. This system has the Bayer designation d1 Cancri; 20 Cancri is the Flamsteed designation. [5] It is just visible to the naked eye under good viewing conditions, appearing as a dim, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.94. [2] The pair are moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +36 km/s, [4] and are members of the Hyades Supercluster. [7]

The visible component of this system is an ordinary A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A9 V, [3] which indicates it is generating energy by hydrogen fusion at its core. It has 2.4 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 60 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,907  K . [3]

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