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Star System

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This is a system consisting of a group of stars and planets that are gravitionally bound. more

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55 Cancri   Celestial Object 55 Cancri A  
55 Cancri ( or ), also cataloged Rho Cancri or abbreviated 55 Cnc, is a yellow dwarf star approximately 41 light-year away in the constellation of Cancer. The system is also a binary star, with the secondary star being a smaller red dwarf star. The...
55 Cancri B
Solar System NASA illustration: Our solar system (not to scale) Location Sun Earth
The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by gravity. These objects are the eight planet and their 166 known moons, four dwarf planet and billions of small bodies, including asteroid, icy Kuiper belt objects, comet...
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WASP-6   Star      
Celestial Object
16 Cygni   Celestial Object 16 Cygni B  
16 Cygni is a triple star system approximately 70 light-year away in the constellation of Cygnus. It consists of two Sun-like yellow dwarf stars and a red dwarf. In 1996 an extrasolar planet was discovered in an eccentric orbit around the sunlike...
16 Cygni A
16 Cygni C
Nu Scorpii   Star    
Nu Scorpii (ν Sco / ν Scorpii) is a star system in the constellation Scorpius. It also has the traditional name Jabbah, which means "forehead" in Arabic. It is at least a quintuple star consisting of two close groups that are separated by 41". The...
Celestial Object
Orbital Relationship
HD 98800 artist's impression of HD 98800 Star    
HD 98800, also cataloged as TV Crateris (TV Crt), is a quadruple star system approximately 150 light-year away in the constellation of Crater (the Cup). The system consists of four T Tauri star that are located within the TW Hydrae association. As...
Celestial Object
UX Tauri        
UX Tauri, abbreviated as UX Tau, is a binary star system approximately 450 light-year away in the constellation of Taurus (the Bull). It is notable for the fact that, despite its recent (in stellar terms) creation, the Spitzer Space Telescope...