Imaginary Picture of Eps Ret Ab

Display orbital revolution of Eps Ret Ab around the hoststar eps Ret A
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Exoplanet Name : Eps Ret Ab
Alternate Name : HD 27442 b
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.9078 (Rjup) 10.1759 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 1.3500 (Mjup) 429.2163 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 1.1600 (AU) 1.1600 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0580
Orbital Period(Yrs) 1.1367
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 415.20 (Days Obs.) 416.57 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 4.1451
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 20192.3 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 532.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 499.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 404.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 632.7 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 594.2 (K)
Size Class: Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Radial Velocity
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : eps Ret A
Alternate Name : "HD 27442, HR 1355"
Star Distance(LY) : 59.0
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 6.6 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.2 (Msun Measured) 1.2 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 7.2 (GY)
Temperature : 4749 (K)
Spectral type : K2IIII-Va
UV portion[%]: 2.3
Visible portion[%]: 34.9
IR portion[%]: 62.8
Metalicity : 0.2
Absolute Magnitude: 3.2
Apparent Magnitude: 4.4
Right Ascension(RA) 64.1208
Declination (DEC) -59.3019
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Eps Ret Ab
Eps Ret Ab

  • Eps Ret Ab is an exoplanet orbiting the star eps Ret A, located about 59.0 light-years (18.1 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2000.
  • The host star eps Ret A has apparent magnitude of 4.4, with absolute magnitude of 3.2.
  • It is 1.2 times more massive and 6.6 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4749 with its spectral types of K2IIII-Va
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Eps Ret Ab orbits around the star eps Ret A every 415.2 days with its orbital distance of 1.16 AU ( 173533530.0 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Eps Ret Ab around its host star eps Ret A)


  • The Star eps Ret A 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 3.225 AU ( 482398987.0 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 4.457 AU ( 666801466.0 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 6.792 AU ( 1016057871.3 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 9.995 AU ( 1495173668.3 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Eps Ret Ab : 20192.28 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star eps Ret A)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star eps Ret A distance : 3.528 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star eps Ret A distance : 4.466 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star eps Ret A distance : 4.314 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star eps Ret A distance : 4.736 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star eps Ret A distance : 8.180 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star eps Ret A distance : 8.629 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star eps Ret A)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star eps Ret A distance : 3.484 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star eps Ret A distance : 4.607 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star eps Ret A distance : 4.610 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star eps Ret A distance : 8.315 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star eps Ret A distance : 8.648 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star eps Ret A)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star eps Ret A and its Exoplanet Eps Ret Ab)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star eps Ret A and its Exoplanet Eps Ret Ab (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star eps Ret A*)
    *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