7 CMa

Planetary system · 64.6 light-years away · also HD 47205, HIP 31592

7 CMa is 64.6 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this K1III(+M) star; the first was found in 2011 by radial velocity (Anglo-Australian Telescope).

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Worth knowing

7 CMa c takes 996.0 days to go round its star once.

The star

Spectral typeK1III(+M)
Surface temperature4,826 K
Mass1.34 solar masses
Radius4.87 solar radii
Luminosity11.55 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude3.95
Ageabout 4.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun64.6 light-years (19.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 99.1713°, Dec -19.2562°
ConstellationCanis Major

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
7 CMa b735.1 days1.758 AU13.4 R⊕ estimated587.99 M⊕ estimatedRadial Velocity, 2011
7 CMa c996.0 days2.153 AU13.9 R⊕ estimated276.51 M⊕ estimatedRadial Velocity, 2019

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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