Kepler-46

Display orbital revolution around the star Kepler-46
Imaginary Picture of Star Kepler-46
Star Name : Kepler-46
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19170449+4236150, KIC 7109675, KOI-872, WISE J191704.50+423615.0"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 2591.4399 (LY) 794.5400 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.7900 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.9020 (Msun/observed) 0.9020 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K0
Metalicity : 0.4100
Absolute Magnitude : 5.80
Apparent Magnitude : 15.30
Right Ascension(RA) : 289.26875
Declination(DEC) : 42.60418
  • This is the Kepler-46 . The star Kepler-46 islocated about 2591.4 light-years (794.5 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star Kepler-46 has apparent magnitude of 15.3, with absolute magnitude of 5.8.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5309 with its spectral types of K0
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 3
  • Name of the 1 Planet Kepler-46 b radius 0.808000 mass 6.000000 orbital distance 0.196800
  • Name of the 2 Planet Kepler-46 c radius 0.872798 mass 0.376000 orbital distance 0.279900
  • Name of the 3 Planet Kepler-46 d radius 0.146000 mass 0.013119 orbital distance 0.067000
    (Illustration of the Kepler-46's Planetary System)



    The Star Kepler-46 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.482 AU ( 72162347.8 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.667 AU ( 99747222.9 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.016 AU ( 151992693.7 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.495 AU ( 223663907.2 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-46)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star Kepler-46 distance : 0.514 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-46 distance : 0.650 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-46 distance : 0.628 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-46 distance : 0.689 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-46 distance : 1.165 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-46 distance : 1.229 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-46)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-46 distance : 0.510 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-46 distance : 0.669 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-46 distance : 0.675 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-46 distance : 1.185 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-46 distance : 1.233 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-46)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-46 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-46 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star HD108236*)
    *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