DE CVn

Planetary system · 99.6 light-years away

DE CVn is 99.6 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 3,579 K star; the first was found in 2018 by eclipse timing variations (Multiple Facilities).

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Worth knowing

DE CVn b takes 11.2 years to go round its star once.

DE CVn is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only DE CVn and its planets are drawn.

The star

Surface temperature3,579 K
Mass0.51 solar masses
Radius0.424754 solar radii
Luminosity0.02667 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.956
Distance from the Sun99.6 light-years (30.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 201.7207°, Dec 45.5455°
ConstellationCanes Venatici

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
DE CVn b disputed11.2 years5.750 AU12.4 R⊕ estimated3823.3 M⊕ estimatedEclipse Timing Variations, 2018

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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