Kepler-23

Display orbital revolution around the star Kepler-23
Imaginary Picture of Star Kepler-23
Star Name : Kepler-23
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19365254+4928452, GSC 03564-01806, KIC 11512246, KOI-168, WISE J193652.53+492845.3"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 2793.0043 (LY) 856.3400 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 1.5500 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.1100 (Msun/observed) 1.1100 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : G2
Metalicity : 0.0000
Absolute Magnitude : 4.34
Apparent Magnitude : 14.00
Right Ascension(RA) : 294.21892
Declination(DEC) : 49.47922
  • This is the Kepler-23 . The star Kepler-23 islocated about 2793.0 light-years (856.3 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star Kepler-23 has apparent magnitude of 14.0, with absolute magnitude of 4.3.
  • It is 1.1 times more massive and 1.6 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5828 with its spectral types of G2
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 3
  • Name of the 1 Planet Kepler-23 b radius 0.170000 mass 0.800000 orbital distance 0.075000
  • Name of the 2 Planet Kepler-23 c radius 0.285000 mass 2.700000 orbital distance 0.099000
  • Name of the 3 Planet Kepler-23 d radius 0.196000 mass 0.055000 orbital distance 0.124000
    (Illustration of the Kepler-23's Planetary System)



    The Star Kepler-23 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.141 AU ( 170619591.1 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.576 AU ( 235840863.1 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.402 AU ( 359369284.0 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 3.535 AU ( 528827644.3 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-23)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star Kepler-23 distance : 1.179 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-23 distance : 1.492 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-23 distance : 1.441 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-23 distance : 1.580 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-23 distance : 2.632 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-23 distance : 2.776 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-23)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-23 distance : 1.181 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-23 distance : 1.533 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-23 distance : 1.563 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-23 distance : 2.678 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-23 distance : 2.785 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-23)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-23 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-23 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star HD 221287*)
    *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