Kepler-1242

Display orbital revolution around the star Kepler-1242
Imaginary Picture of Star Kepler-1242
Star Name : Kepler-1242
Alternate Name : "2MASS J18582549+4111469, KIC 5857540, KOI-2448, WISE J185825.50+411147.1"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 2224.3839 (LY) 682.0000 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.7400 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.7700 (Msun/observed) 0.7700 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K2
Metalicity : -0.0500
Absolute Magnitude : 4.81
Apparent Magnitude : 13.97
Right Ascension(RA) : 284.60621
Declination(DEC) : 41.19638
  • This is the Kepler-1242 . The star Kepler-1242 islocated about 2224.4 light-years (682.0 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star Kepler-1242 has apparent magnitude of 14.0, 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 4895 with its spectral types of K2
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet Kepler-1242 b radius 0.202000 mass 0.017744 orbital distance 0.000000
    (Illustration of the Kepler-1242's Planetary System)



    The Star Kepler-1242 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.384 AU ( 57463916.8 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.531 AU ( 79430150.1 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.809 AU ( 121033970.9 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.191 AU ( 178106790.3 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-1242)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1242 distance : 0.418 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1242 distance : 0.529 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1242 distance : 0.511 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-1242 distance : 0.560 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1242 distance : 0.962 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1242 distance : 1.015 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-1242)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1242 distance : 0.413 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1242 distance : 0.545 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1242 distance : 0.546 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1242 distance : 0.978 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1242 distance : 1.017 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-1242)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1242 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1242 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-337*)
    *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