kappa And

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Star Name : kappa And
Alternate Name : "HD 222439, HR 8976, HIP 116805, 19 Andromedae, kap And"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 163.0780 (LY) 50.0000 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 2.2900 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 2.8000 (Msun/observed) 2.8000 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : B9IV
Metalicity : -0.3600
Absolute Magnitude : 0.65
Apparent Magnitude : 4.14
Right Ascension(RA) : 355.10212
Declination(DEC) : 44.33390
  • This is the kappa And . The star kappa And islocated about 163.1 light-years (50.0 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star kappa And has apparent magnitude of 4.1, with absolute magnitude of 0.6.
  • It is 2.8 times more massive and 2.3 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 11361 with its spectral types of B9IV
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet kappa And b radius 1.200000 mass 13.000000 orbital distance 100.000000
    (Illustration of the kappa And's Planetary System)



    The Star kappa And 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 6.403 AU ( 957914427.7 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 8.851 AU ( 1324088072.1 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 13.487 AU ( 2017617201.8 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 19.847 AU ( 2969012098.6 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star kappa And)



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



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star kappa And distance : 18.766 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star kappa And distance : nan AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star kappa And distance : 24.838 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star kappa And distance : nan AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star kappa And distance : nan AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star kappa And)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star kappa And )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star kappa And (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-369*)
    *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