Gamma Cancri

Gamma Cancri
Location of γ Cancri (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension 08h 43m 17.14820s[1]
Declination +21° 28′ 06.6008″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.673[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A1IV[3]
U−B color index +0.03[4]
B−V color index +0.010[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)28.7[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −103.51[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −39.48[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)18.00 ± 0.21 mas[1]
Distance181 ± 2 ly
(55.6 ± 0.6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+1.1[6]
Details
Mass2.18[7] M☉
Radius2.5[8] R☉
Luminosity36[9] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.17[7] cgs
Temperature9,108[9] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)86±6[10] km/s
Age171[7] Myr
Other designations
Asellus Borealis, γ Cnc, Gamma Cnc, 43 Cnc, BD+21° 1895, FK5 1228, GC 11982, HD 74198, HIP 42806, HR 3449, SAO 80378, CCDM 08433+2128[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Gamma Cancri, or γ Cancri, is a star in the northern constellation of Cancer. It is formally named Asellus Borealis /əˈsɛləs bɒriˈælɪs/, the traditional name of the system.[12] Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of approximately 181 light years from the Sun. The star is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 29 km/s.[5] In 1910 this star was reported to be a spectroscopic binary by O. J. Lee,[13] but is now considered a single star.[14][15] Since it is near the ecliptic, it can be occulted by the Moon[16] and, very rarely, by planets.

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  13. ^ Lee, Oliver J. (November 1910). "Measures on nineteen new spectroscopic binaries". Astrophysical Journal. 32: 300–308. Bibcode:1910ApJ....32..300L. doi:10.1086/141806.
  14. ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. S2CID 14878976.
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  16. ^ Schmidtke, P. C.; Africano, J. L. (January 2011). "KPNO Lunar Occultation Summary. III". The Astronomical Journal. 141 (1): 7. Bibcode:2011AJ....141...10S. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/1/10. S2CID 120313180. 10.