16 Cyg B

Display orbital revolution around the star 16 Cyg B
Imaginary Picture of Star 16 Cyg B
Star Name : 16 Cyg B
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 69.2182 (LY) 21.2224 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.9800 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.0100 (Msun/observed) 1.0100 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : G2.5 V
Metalicity : 0.0800
Absolute Magnitude : 4.57
Apparent Magnitude : 6.20
Right Ascension(RA) : 295.46655
Declination(DEC) : 50.51750
  • This is the 16 Cyg B . The star 16 Cyg B islocated about 69.2 light-years (21.2 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star 16 Cyg B has apparent magnitude of 6.2, with absolute magnitude of 4.6.
  • It is 1.0 times more massive and 1.0 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5766 with its spectral types of G2.5 V
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet 16 Cyg B b radius 0.907830 mass 1.640000 orbital distance 1.680000
    (Illustration of the 16 Cyg B's Planetary System)



    The Star 16 Cyg B 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.706 AU ( 105592595.3 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.976 AU ( 145956561.3 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.487 AU ( 222405499.4 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.188 AU ( 327279435.3 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star 16 Cyg B)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star 16 Cyg B distance : 0.732 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star 16 Cyg B distance : 0.927 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star 16 Cyg B distance : 0.895 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star 16 Cyg B distance : 0.982 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star 16 Cyg B distance : 1.638 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star 16 Cyg B distance : 1.727 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star 16 Cyg B)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star 16 Cyg B distance : 0.733 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star 16 Cyg B distance : 0.953 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star 16 Cyg B distance : 0.970 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star 16 Cyg B distance : 1.666 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star 16 Cyg B distance : 1.733 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star 16 Cyg B)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star 16 Cyg B )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star 16 Cyg B (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-248*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102