Kepler-162

Display orbital revolution around the star Kepler-162
Imaginary Picture of Star Kepler-162
Star Name : Kepler-162
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19490693+4343264, KIC 7977197, KOI-459, WISE J194906.93+434326.3"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 2860.4207 (LY) 877.0100 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.9600 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.0000 (Msun/observed) 0.9112 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : G2
Metalicity : -0.3010
Absolute Magnitude : 3.33
Apparent Magnitude : 13.04
Right Ascension(RA) : 297.27891
Declination(DEC) : 43.72402
  • This is the Kepler-162 . The star Kepler-162 islocated about 2860.4 light-years (877.0 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star Kepler-162 has apparent magnitude of 13.0, with absolute magnitude of 3.3.
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 2
  • Name of the 1 Planet Kepler-162 b radius 0.112000 mass 0.006988 orbital distance 0.069000
  • Name of the 2 Planet Kepler-162 c radius 0.270000 mass 0.023240 orbital distance 0.137000
    (Illustration of the Kepler-162's Planetary System)



    The Star Kepler-162 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.703 AU ( 105239346.2 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.972 AU ( 145468278.7 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.482 AU ( 221661464.7 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.180 AU ( 326184555.7 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-162)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star Kepler-162 distance : 0.727 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-162 distance : 0.921 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-162 distance : 0.890 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-162 distance : 0.975 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-162 distance : 1.625 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-162 distance : 1.714 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-162)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-162 distance : 0.729 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-162 distance : 0.947 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-162 distance : 0.965 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-162 distance : 1.654 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-162 distance : 1.720 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-162)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-162 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-162 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star HR 8799*)
    *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