79 Cet A

Display orbital revolution around the star 79 Cet A
Imaginary Picture of Star 79 Cet A
Star Name : 79 Cet A
Alternate Name : "HD 16141, HIP 12048"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 117.0900 (LY) 35.9000 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 1.0000 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.0100 (Msun/observed) 1.0100 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : G5 IV
Metalicity : 0.0200
Absolute Magnitude : 4.00
Apparent Magnitude : 6.78
Right Ascension(RA) : 38.82917
Declination(DEC) : -3.56056
  • This is the 79 Cet A . The star 79 Cet A islocated about 117.1 light-years (35.9 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star 79 Cet A has apparent magnitude of 6.8, with absolute magnitude of 4.0.
  • It is 1.0 times more massive and 1.0 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5533 with its spectral types of G5 IV
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet 79 Cet Ab radius 0.703053 mass 0.215000 orbital distance 0.350000
    (Illustration of the 79 Cet A's Planetary System)



    The Star 79 Cet A 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.663 AU ( 99215483.4 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.917 AU ( 137141726.2 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.397 AU ( 208973641.4 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.056 AU ( 307513867.8 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star 79 Cet A)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star 79 Cet A distance : 0.697 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star 79 Cet A distance : 0.883 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star 79 Cet A distance : 0.853 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star 79 Cet A distance : 0.935 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star 79 Cet A distance : 1.571 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star 79 Cet A distance : 1.657 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star 79 Cet A)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star 79 Cet A distance : 0.695 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star 79 Cet A distance : 0.908 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star 79 Cet A distance : 0.920 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star 79 Cet A distance : 1.598 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star 79 Cet A distance : 1.662 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star 79 Cet A)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star 79 Cet A )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star 79 Cet A (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star MOA-bin-29*)
    *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