K2-68

Display orbital revolution around the star K2-68
Imaginary Picture of Star K2-68
Star Name : K2-68
Alternate Name : "2MASS J22160474-1034022, EPIC 206159027, WISE J221604.70-103402.4"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 552.8536 (LY) 169.5059 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.6800 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.7300 (Msun/observed) 0.7300 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K3
Metalicity : 0.0000
Absolute Magnitude : 4.99
Apparent Magnitude : 11.14
Right Ascension(RA) : 334.01977
Declination(DEC) : -10.56732
  • This is the K2-68 . The star K2-68 islocated about 552.9 light-years (169.5 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star K2-68 has apparent magnitude of 11.1, with absolute magnitude of 5.0.
  • It is 0.7 times more massive and 0.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4746 with its spectral types of K3
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet K2-68 b radius 0.141000 mass 0.012701 orbital distance 0.070800
    (Illustration of the K2-68's Planetary System)



    The Star K2-68 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.332 AU ( 49638939.3 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.459 AU ( 68613986.3 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.699 AU ( 104552530.9 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.028 AU ( 153853629.4 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star K2-68)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star K2-68 distance : 0.363 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star K2-68 distance : 0.460 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star K2-68 distance : 0.444 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star K2-68 distance : 0.487 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star K2-68 distance : 0.842 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star K2-68 distance : 0.888 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star K2-68)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star K2-68 distance : 0.359 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star K2-68 distance : 0.474 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star K2-68 distance : 0.474 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star K2-68 distance : 0.856 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star K2-68 distance : 0.890 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star K2-68)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star K2-68 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star K2-68 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-762*)
    *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