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16 Cyg B

G3 V • 21.14 pc

Records

22

literature rows

Planets

1

system count

References

23

distinct source labels

HIP: HIP 96901TIC: TIC 27533327HD: HD 186427

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Canonical Summary

Adopted host values from all rows

Numeric fields use the median of non-null measurements. Disagreement stays visible through ranges, counts, and provenance.

Temperature

5751 K

5674 to 5777.2

11 values • 10 distinct

Mass

0.99 Msun

0.96 to 1.08

10 values • 8 distinct

Radius

1.13 Rsun

1.08 to 1.17

7 values • 6 distinct

Age

11.80 Gyr

7.40 to 15

4 values • 3 distinct

Luminosity

0.10 log(Lsun)

0.08 to 0.14

4 values • 4 distinct

Distance

21.14 pc

single adopted value

22 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

G3 V

Multiple classifications reported

G3 V (3), G0 (1), G2.5 V (1), G5V (1)

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

Scale Comparison

Radius against the Sun

Current adopted radius: 1.13 R☉ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

16 Cyg B

1.13 R☉

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

16 Cyg B b

Radial Velocity

Discovery

1996

Period

798.5 days

Radius

Mass

565.7 M⊕

Eq. Temp

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

22

Stellar refs

22

System refs

1

Distancestable

22 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

22 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

11 values • 10 distinct

Massdisputed

10 values • 8 distinct

Radiusdisputed

7 values • 6 distinct

Agedisputed

4 values • 3 distinct

Luminositydisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

9 values • 8 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

10 values • 8 distinct

Spectral Typedisputed

6 values • 4 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
21.14Duncan et al. 1991TICv8
0.961.1711.8021.14Takeda et al. 2007TICv8
21.14Nordstrom et al. 2004TICv8
57601G2.5 V21.14Cochran et al. 1997TICv8
21.14Wright et al. 2004TICv8
1521.14Sanz-Forcada et al. 2010TICv8
G3 V21.14Gray et al. 2003TICv8
57471.031.130.1021.14TICv8TICv8
577421.14Maldonado et al. 2015TICv8
G021.14Cannon & Pickering 1918TICv8
21.14Nidever et al. 2002TICv8
56740.9921.14Butler et al. 2006TICv8
57510.981.087.400.0821.14Buldgen et al. 2016TICv8
57650.9921.14Santos et al. 2003TICv8
G3 V21.14Gray et al. 2006TICv8
G3 V21.14Wittenmyer et al. 2007TICv8
57720.9921.14Santos et al. 2004TICv8
56740.961.1711.800.14G5V21.14Turnbull 2015TICv8
5777.21.120.1021.14Gaia DR2TICv8
21.14Valenti & Fischer 2005TICv8
57501.081.1321.14Stassun et al. 2017TICv8
5712.00.981.1621.14Rosenthal et al. 2021TICv8