Kepler-99

Display orbital revolution around the star Kepler-99
Imaginary Picture of Star Kepler-99
Star Name : Kepler-99
Alternate Name : "KOI-305, KIC 6063220, 2MASS J19492496+4118001, Kepler-99 B, WISE J194924.96+411800.2"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 683.7079 (LY) 209.6260 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.7300 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.7900 (Msun/observed) 0.7900 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K3
Metalicity : 0.1800
Absolute Magnitude : 4.76
Apparent Magnitude : 11.37
Right Ascension(RA) : 297.35399
Declination(DEC) : 41.30005
  • This is the Kepler-99 . The star Kepler-99 islocated about 683.7 light-years (209.6 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star Kepler-99 has apparent magnitude of 11.4, with absolute magnitude of 4.8.
  • It is 0.8 times more massive and 0.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4782 with its spectral types of K3
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet Kepler-99 b radius 0.132000 mass 0.019000 orbital distance 0.000000
    (Illustration of the Kepler-99's Planetary System)



    The Star Kepler-99 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.362 AU ( 54100355.2 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.500 AU ( 74780828.9 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.762 AU ( 113949434.3 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.121 AU ( 167681584.4 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-99)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star Kepler-99 distance : 0.395 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-99 distance : 0.500 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-99 distance : 0.483 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-99 distance : 0.530 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-99 distance : 0.915 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-99 distance : 0.965 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-99)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-99 distance : 0.390 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-99 distance : 0.516 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-99 distance : 0.516 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-99 distance : 0.930 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-99 distance : 0.967 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-99)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-99 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-99 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star HIP 63242*)
    *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