Kappa Ceti

light-years
Proper names: Kappa Ceti, 96 Ceti
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 137, Henry Draper (HD) 20630, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +2°518 , Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 15457, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 111120, Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) 1093, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 996, New Suspected Variable (NSV) 1100
Age: 200 million years
Source for age: Don C. Barry, "Chromospheric Age Dependence of…", APJ 334
Heavy element abundance: 142% of Sol
Standard error in heavy element abundance: 23%
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: possible spectroscopic binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h19m21.696s, +3°22'12.59" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 29.87 light-years (9.159 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 0.7093%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 19.23, 22.79, 1.756
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -22.03, 0.518, -20.17
Proper motion: 0.284 arcsec/yr (70.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: 18.9 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -21.72, -4.280, -4.381

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Spectral class: G5e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +4.83
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.02
Visual luminosity: 0.851 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.68
Mass: 1 x Sol
Diameter: 0.984 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.923 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 323.723 days
Tidal index in CZ: 1.27302
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.568754 degrees

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 4-April-2001.