55 Cancri b

Summary

55 Cancri b is an exoplanet^[1]. It draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #63 of 578).^[2]

Key Facts

• 55 Cancri b is credited with the discovery of R. Paul Butler^[3].
• 55 Cancri b's image is recorded as 55 Rho Cancri 1 b.png^[4].
• 55 Cancri b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].
• 55 Cancri b's constellation is recorded as Cancer^[6].
• 55 Cancri b's Commons category is recorded as 55 Cancri b^[7].
• 55 Cancri b's parent astronomical body is recorded as rho01 Cnc^[8].
• 55 Cancri b's catalog code is recorded as HD 75732b^[9].
• 55 Cancri b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 332064670b^[10].
• 55 Cancri b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-04-12T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 55 Cancri b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 55 Cancri b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cx2lk^[13].
• 55 Cancri b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy^[14].
• 55 Cancri b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0048'}^[15].
• 55 Cancri b's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.16'}^[16].
• 55 Cancri b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+89.73'}^[17].
• 55 Cancri b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.841'}^[18].
• 55 Cancri b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.8306'}^[19].
• 55 Cancri b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+14.65171'}^[20].
• 55 Cancri b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+79.4274'}^[21].
• 55 Cancri b's metallicity is recorded as {'amount': '-0.32'}^[22].
• 55 Cancri b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.1162'}^[23].
• 55 Cancri b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-30'}^[24].
• 55 Cancri b's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Galileo'}^[25].
• 55 Cancri b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as * rho01 Cnc b^[26].
• 55 Cancri b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "55Cancrib"]^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

55 Cancri b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include HD 75732b^[9] and TIC 332064670b^[10].

Why It Matters

55 Cancri b draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #63 of 578).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]