Cosmos Codex Codexery

55 Cancri e

Janssen, an exoplanet of the nearby binary star 55 Cancri.

55 Cancri e, named Janssen, is one of the planets orbiting 55 Cancri A, the K-type primary of the binary star 55 Cancri, about 41 light-years from the Sun in Cancer. The primary star is also named Copernicus.

As of 2025, four confirmed planets (Ab, Ac, Ae and Af, named Galileo, Brahe, Janssen and Harriot) and two candidates are known around 55 Cancri A, plus two planets around its red dwarf companion 55 Cancri B.

Quick Facts

Type
Exoplanet
Host
55 Cancri A (Copernicus)
Constellation
Cancer
Distance
~41 light-years

More in exoplanets

Elsewhere in Cosmos Codex

Spotted an error? Know more?

Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced

Comments

Loading…
Open in the interactive codex →