Rho2 Cancri

Rho² Cancri (ρ² Cancri) is a solitary,^[4] yellow-hued star in the constellation Cancer. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.22,^[2] it is visible to the naked eye on a dark night. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 6.70 mas as seen from Earth,^[1] this star is located around 490 light-years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.06 due to interstellar dust.^[6]

Rho² Cancri

Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Cancer
Right ascension	08h 55m 39.68055s[1]
Declination	+27° 55′ 38.9299″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	5.22[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	G8 III[3] or G8 II-III[4]
U−B color index	+0.78[2]
B−V color index	+1.00[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	+16.3±0.3[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −12.24[1] mas/yr Dec.: −33.79[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	6.70 ± 0.32 mas[1]
Distance	490 ± 20 ly (149 ± 7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−1.13[3]
Details
Mass	3.59[6] M☉
Radius	24.2[3] R☉
Luminosity	310[3] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	2.46[7] cgs
Temperature	4,994[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	0.11[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	8.1[3] km/s
Age	234[6] Myr
Other designations
ρ2 Cnc Cnc, 58 Cancri, BD+28° 1666, FK5 2705, HD 76219, HIP 43834, HR 3540, SAO 80511[8]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

At the age of about 234^[6] million years, is an evolved, G-type giant star with a stellar classification of G8 III.^[3] It has an estimated 3.6^[6] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 24^[3] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 310^[3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,994 K.^[7]

See also

• 55 Cancri, or Rho¹ Cancri (ρ¹ Cnc)

References

1. van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600.
2. Fernie, J. D. (May 1983), "New UBVRI photometry for 900 supergiants", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 52: 7–22, Bibcode:1983ApJS...52....7F, doi:10.1086/190856.
3. Henry, Gregory W.; et al. (September 2000), "Photometric Variability in a Sample of 187 G and K Giants", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 130 (1): 201–225, Bibcode:2000ApJS..130..201H, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.40.8526, doi:10.1086/317346, S2CID 17160805
4. 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.
5. de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.
6. Takeda, Yoichi; et al. (August 2008), "Stellar Parameters and Elemental Abundances of Late-G Giants", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 60 (4): 781–802, arXiv:0805.2434, Bibcode:2008PASJ...60..781T, doi:10.1093/pasj/60.4.781.
7. Luck, R. Earle (2014), "Parameters and Abundances in Luminous Stars", The Astronomical Journal, 147 (6): 137, Bibcode:2014AJ....147..137L, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/137.
8. "rho02 Cnc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-06-13.