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79 Ceti

star in the constellation Cetus
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79 Ceti
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Facts

24 properties
Instance of
binary star, high proper-motion star, near-infrared source, double star[2][3][4]
Absolute magnitude
3.38
Age estimated by a dating method
7.76
Apparent magnitude
6.67 (5.27–7.49, n=6)
Catalog code
HD 16141, SAO 129992, HIP 12048, IRAS 02328-0346, 2MASS J02351994-0333376, GJ 9085, FK5 4237, GC 3106, GCRV 1458, HIC 12048, LTT 1267, NLTT 8417, PLX 519, PLX 519.00, PPM 184793, SPOCS 128, SRS 4521, TYC 4701-1095-1, UBV 2584, uvby98 100016141, WDS J02353-0334A, YZ 93 622, Gaia DR2 2495335115182966016, Gaia DR1 2495335110887352832, WEB 2480, 79 Cet, Gaia DR3 2495335115182966016, TIC 251109533, UBV M 9035[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Child astronomical body
79 Ceti b[7]
Constellation
Cetus[5]
Declination
-3.56060359529889
Declination component of proper motion
-437.848
Diameter
2130000.0
Distance from Earth
37.7277
Effective temperature
5806.0
Epoch
J2000.0
Luminosity
2.3205183
Mass
1.01
Metallicity
0.155
Parallax
26.5057
Radial velocity
-50.964
Radius
1.5437617
Right ascension
38.83303822854916
Right ascension component of proper motion
-155.501
Spectral class
G8IV[6]
Stellar rotational velocity
1.515
Surface gravity
12620.0
🏷️ Also known as
en 79 Ceti en HD 16141 de HD 16141 es HD 16141 fa ۷۹ نهنگ fi HD 16141 fr HD 16141 it HD 16141 ja くじら座79番星 ja HD 16141 ko 고래자리 79 nl HD 16141 pl HD 16141 pt HD 16141 ru 79 Кита ru HD 16141 zh HD 16141 zh 刍蒿增三
🔖 Identifiers · 5
ARICNS
02504
Freebase ID
/m/05bkc9
Gaia ID
2495335115182966016
NASA Exoplanet Archive ID
HD 16141
SIMBAD ID
* 79 Cet
🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
binary star, double star
Child astronomical body 1
79 Ceti b
Constellation 1
Cetus
Epoch 1
J2000.0
← FactGrid item ID 1
Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases
← Parent astronomical body 1
79 Ceti b
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Summary

79 Ceti is a binary star[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars, Vol. 5. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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