79 Ceti
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79 Ceti (also known as HD 16141) is a yellow subgiant star appriximately 117 light-years away in the constellation Cetus. It has stopped hydrogen fusion in its core, this implies an age much higher than our Sun's 4.5 billion years. Eventually the outer layers of the star will expand and cool and the star will become a red giant. Currently 79 Ceti has a luminosity twice that of the Sun.
As of 2000, an extrasolar planet is known to orbit 79 Ceti.
79 Ceti b
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79 Ceti b (also known as HD 16141 b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting it's star every 75 days. With HD 46375 b it was the first known extrasolar planet to have minimum mass less than one Saturn.
References
External links
- [SIMBAD: HD 16141 -- High proper-motion Star]
- [SolStation: 79 Ceti]
- [Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: HD 16141] + [HD 16141 b]
- [Extrasolar Visions: 79 Ceti] + [79 Ceti b]
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