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55 Cancri (Rho Cancri) is a binary star in the constellation of Cancer.

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It consists of a yellow dwarf star and a smaller red dwarf star.

They are located about 41 light years from Earth and to date (2010) has the most extraosolar planets (5) discovered round a single star .

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