Copernicus
- HIP
- 43587
- Designation
- 55 Rho-1 Cnc
- Bayer designation
- 55 Cnc
- Visual magnitude
- 5.96
- Constellation
- Crab
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2016-07-20
The IAU catalogue's account
Nicolaus Copernicus or Mikolaj Kopernik (1473-1543) was a Polish astronomer who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system in his book "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium".
- Source language
- Latin
- Reference
- 2015 NameExoWorlds
Source: IAU Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN), Working Group on Star Names. The account is the IAU's own text and is quoted in full: it is published under CC BY.
Corpus chains passing through this star. Deviation is the cross-track angular distance of the third star from the great-circle plane.
- Скорпион → Рак → ПерсейЖало греха → Пастырь, безопасно ведущий Свой народ домой → Первое восстание
H1
Other named stars of this constellation:
- Tarf3.53
- Asellus Australis3.94
- Acubens4.26
- Asellus Borealis4.66
- Tegmine4.67
- Nahn5.16
- Piautos5.92
- Meleph6.29