6 Lyn

Display orbital revolution around the star 6 Lyn
Imaginary Picture of Star 6 Lyn
Star Name : 6 Lyn
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 182.0067 (LY) 55.8036 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 5.2000 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.7000 (Msun/observed) 1.7000 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K0IV
Metalicity : -0.1300
Absolute Magnitude : 2.13
Apparent Magnitude : 5.86
Right Ascension(RA) : 97.69583
Declination(DEC) : 58.16278
  • This is the 6 Lyn . The star 6 Lyn islocated about 182.0 light-years (55.8 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star 6 Lyn has apparent magnitude of 5.9, with absolute magnitude of 2.1.
  • It is 1.7 times more massive and 5.2 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4978 with its spectral types of K0IV
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet 6 Lyn b radius 0.907830 mass 2.010000 orbital distance 2.110000
    (Illustration of the 6 Lyn's Planetary System)



    The Star 6 Lyn 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 2.792 AU ( 417610337.5 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 3.859 AU ( 577246621.1 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 5.880 AU ( 879596106.1 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 8.652 AU ( 1294364202.8 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star 6 Lyn)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star 6 Lyn distance : 3.023 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star 6 Lyn distance : 3.827 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star 6 Lyn distance : 3.697 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star 6 Lyn distance : 4.054 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star 6 Lyn distance : 6.943 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star 6 Lyn distance : 7.324 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star 6 Lyn)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star 6 Lyn distance : 2.990 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star 6 Lyn distance : 3.945 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star 6 Lyn distance : 3.957 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star 6 Lyn distance : 7.060 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star 6 Lyn distance : 7.342 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star 6 Lyn)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star 6 Lyn )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star 6 Lyn (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-242*)
    *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