37 Cancri
Star in the constellation Cancer
37 Cancri is a star in the zodiac constellation of Cancer . It is a challenge to view with the naked eye, having an apparent magnitude of 6.54.[ 2] The star is moving away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +22 km/s, having come as close as 246 light-years some 2.7 million years ago.[ 6]
This is an ordinary A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A1 V,[ 4] which indicates it is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core . It is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 35 km/s.[ 2] The star has 2.7[ 3] times the mass of the Sun and around 1.8[ 7] times the Sun's radius . It is radiating 31 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,830 K.[ 2]
References
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^ a b Cowley, A.; et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal , 74 : 375–406, Bibcode :1969AJ.....74..375C , doi :10.1086/110819 .
^ a b "37 Cnc" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2019-03-01 .
^ a b c d Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters , 38 (5): 331, arXiv :1108.4971 , Bibcode :2012AstL...38..331A , doi :10.1134/S1063773712050015 , S2CID 119257644 .
^ a b Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 367 (Third ed.): 521–524, arXiv :astro-ph/0012289 , Bibcode :2001A&A...367..521P , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20000451 , S2CID 425754 .