Artist impression. No real image of 55 Cancri e exists yet.
exoplanet · 41 light years from Earth
55 Cancri e
A super-Earth so close to its star that its dayside is a global ocean of molten rock.
- Type
- Exoplanet
- Orbits
- 55 Cancri A
- Distance
- 41 light years
- Diameter
- about 23,960 km (estimated)
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Discovered
- 2004
- Rotation
- Tidally locked: one side always faces its star
About 55 Cancri e
- A year there lasts less than 18 hours.
- Its dayside is hot enough to melt rock.
- In 2024 the James Webb Space Telescope found signs that it has an atmosphere.
Visit 55 Cancri e in VR
In IKAREE, 55 Cancri e is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for 55 Cancri e. Warp seven. Engage.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for 55 Cancri e. Warp seven. Engaging.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of 55 Cancri e.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
