55 Cancri C
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| Distance to Earth | 40. 12 light years |
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| Orbital period | 44 days |
| Discovered | June 13, 2002 |
| Detection method | Radial velocity |
| Discoverer | Geoffrey Marcy |
| Eccentricity | 0. 086 ± 0. 052 |
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| ID | 2968375 |
About 55 Cancri C
55 Cancri c, formally named Brahe, is an extrasolar planet in an eccentric orbit around the Sun-like star 55 Cancri A, making one revolution every 44. 34 days. It is the third known planet in order of distance from its star. 55 Cancri c was discovered on June 13, 2002 and has a mass roughly half of Saturn.