beta Cnc

Display orbital revolution around the star beta Cnc
Imaginary Picture of Star beta Cnc
Star Name : beta Cnc
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 303.4009 (LY) 93.0233 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 48.9600 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.7000 (Msun/observed) 1.7000 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K4III
Metalicity : -0.2900
Absolute Magnitude : -1.34
Apparent Magnitude : 3.50
Right Ascension(RA) : 124.12884
Declination(DEC) : 9.18556
  • This is the beta Cnc . The star beta Cnc islocated about 303.4 light-years (93.0 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star beta Cnc has apparent magnitude of 3.5, with absolute magnitude of -1.3.
  • It is 1.7 times more massive and 49.0 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 3990 with its spectral types of K4III
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet beta Cnc b radius 1.049867 mass 7.800000 orbital distance 1.700000
    (Illustration of the beta Cnc's Planetary System)



    The Star beta Cnc 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 16.886 AU ( 2526069603.6 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 23.340 AU ( 3491688333.0 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 35.566 AU ( 5320560310.5 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 52.337 AU ( 7829437575.8 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star beta Cnc)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star beta Cnc distance : 18.922 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star beta Cnc distance : 23.949 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star beta Cnc distance : 23.129 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star beta Cnc distance : 25.328 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star beta Cnc distance : 45.471 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star beta Cnc distance : 47.970 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star beta Cnc)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star beta Cnc distance : 18.692 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star beta Cnc distance : 24.765 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star beta Cnc distance : 24.733 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star beta Cnc distance : 46.199 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star beta Cnc distance : 48.045 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star beta Cnc)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star beta Cnc )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star beta Cnc (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-352*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102