GQ Lup

Display orbital revolution around the star GQ Lup
Imaginary Picture of Star GQ Lup
Star Name : GQ Lup
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 456.6184 (LY) 140.0000 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.6104 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.7000 (Msun/observed) 0.7000 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K7eV
Metalicity : 0.0000
Absolute Magnitude : 5.67
Apparent Magnitude : 11.40
Right Ascension(RA) : 237.30042
Declination(DEC) : -35.65083
  • This is the GQ Lup . The star GQ Lup islocated about 456.6 light-years (140.0 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star GQ Lup has apparent magnitude of 11.4, with absolute magnitude of 5.7.
  • It is 0.7 times more massive and 0.6 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4000 with its spectral types of K7eV
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet GQ Lup b radius 4.600000 mass 31.000000 orbital distance 32.000000
    (Illustration of the GQ Lup's Planetary System)



    The Star GQ Lup 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.212 AU ( 31651897.4 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.292 AU ( 43751193.9 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.446 AU ( 66667137.3 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.656 AU ( 98103613.1 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star GQ Lup)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star GQ Lup distance : 0.269 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star GQ Lup distance : 0.340 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star GQ Lup distance : 0.328 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star GQ Lup distance : 0.360 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star GQ Lup distance : 0.645 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star GQ Lup distance : 0.681 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star GQ Lup)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star GQ Lup distance : 0.265 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star GQ Lup distance : 0.352 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star GQ Lup distance : 0.351 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star GQ Lup distance : 0.656 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star GQ Lup distance : 0.682 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star GQ Lup)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star GQ Lup )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star GQ Lup (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star GJ 414 A*)
    *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