Kepler-462

Display orbital revolution around the star Kepler-462
Imaginary Picture of Star Kepler-462
Star Name : Kepler-462
Alternate Name : "KOI-89, 2MASS J19591707+4348513, KIC 8056665, TIC 269263577, WISE J195917.07+434851.4"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 1469.1712 (LY) 450.4505 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 1.5700 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.5900 (Msun/observed) 1.5900 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : F0
Metalicity : 0.0500
Absolute Magnitude : 3.46
Apparent Magnitude : 11.73
Right Ascension(RA) : 299.82115
Declination(DEC) : 43.81427
  • This is the Kepler-462 . The star Kepler-462 islocated about 1469.2 light-years (450.5 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star Kepler-462 has apparent magnitude of 11.7, with absolute magnitude of 3.5.
  • It is 1.6 times more massive and 1.6 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 7500 with its spectral types of F0
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 2
  • Name of the 1 Planet Kepler-462 b radius 0.268000 mass 0.169590 orbital distance 0.000000
  • Name of the 2 Planet Kepler-462 c radius 0.357000 mass 0.018880 orbital distance 0.000000
    (Illustration of the Kepler-462's Planetary System)



    The Star Kepler-462 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.913 AU ( 286207026.5 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.645 AU ( 395612905.5 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 4.030 AU ( 602826519.0 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 5.930 AU ( 887085630.8 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-462)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star Kepler-462 distance : 1.813 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-462 distance : 2.297 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-462 distance : 2.218 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-462 distance : 2.422 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-462 distance : 3.961 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-462 distance : 4.177 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-462)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-462 distance : 1.879 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-462 distance : 2.348 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-462 distance : 2.486 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-462 distance : 4.033 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-462 distance : 4.194 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-462)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-462 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-462 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-55*)
    *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