BD+15 2940

Display orbital revolution around the star BD+15 2940
Imaginary Picture of Star BD+15 2940
Star Name : BD+15 2940
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 1538.4717 (LY) 471.6981 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 14.7000 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.1000 (Msun/observed) 1.1000 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K0
Metalicity : 0.2800
Absolute Magnitude : 0.82
Apparent Magnitude : 9.19
Right Ascension(RA) : 240.09558
Declination(DEC) : 15.54690
  • This is the BD+15 2940 . The star BD+15 2940 islocated about 1538.5 light-years (471.7 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star BD+15 2940 has apparent magnitude of 9.2, with absolute magnitude of 0.8.
  • It is 1.1 times more massive and 14.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4796 with its spectral types of K0
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet BD+15 2940 b radius 1.049917 mass 1.110000 orbital distance 0.539000
    (Illustration of the BD+15 2940's Planetary System)



    The Star BD+15 2940 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 7.325 AU ( 1095806307.9 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 10.125 AU ( 1514690685.9 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 15.428 AU ( 2308053405.0 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 22.704 AU ( 3396401694.7 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star BD+15 2940)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star BD+15 2940 distance : 7.998 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star BD+15 2940 distance : 10.125 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star BD+15 2940 distance : 9.780 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star BD+15 2940 distance : 10.724 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star BD+15 2940 distance : 18.508 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star BD+15 2940 distance : 19.523 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star BD+15 2940)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star BD+15 2940 distance : 7.900 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star BD+15 2940 distance : 10.442 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star BD+15 2940 distance : 10.453 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star BD+15 2940 distance : 18.815 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star BD+15 2940 distance : 19.566 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star BD+15 2940)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star BD+15 2940 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star BD+15 2940 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star BD+14 4559*)
    *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