b Cen

Display orbital revolution around the star b Cen
Imaginary Picture of Star b Cen
Star Name : b Cen
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 325.1775 (LY) 99.7000 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 2.9772 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 5.5000 (Msun/observed) 5.5000 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : B3V
Metalicity : 0.0000
Absolute Magnitude : -0.99
Apparent Magnitude : 4.00
Right Ascension(RA) : 220.49167
Declination(DEC) : -37.79361
  • This is the b Cen . The star b Cen islocated about 325.2 light-years (99.7 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star b Cen has apparent magnitude of 4.0, with absolute magnitude of -1.0.
  • It is 5.5 times more massive and 3.0 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 17600 with its spectral types of B3V
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet b Cen b radius 0.907830 mass 10.900000 orbital distance 556.000000
    (Illustration of the b Cen's Planetary System)



    The Star b Cen 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 19.979 AU ( 2988809090.9 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 27.616 AU ( 4131315232.9 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 42.081 AU ( 6295210156.8 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 61.924 AU ( 9263677521.1 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star b Cen)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star b Cen distance : nan AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star b Cen distance : nan AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star b Cen distance : nan AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star b Cen distance : nan AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star b Cen distance : nan AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star b Cen distance : nan AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star b Cen)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star b Cen distance : nan AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star b Cen distance : nan AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star b Cen distance : nan AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star b Cen distance : nan AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star b Cen distance : nan AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star b Cen)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star b Cen )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star b Cen (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-350*)
    *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