Kepler-242

Display orbital revolution around the star Kepler-242
Imaginary Picture of Star Kepler-242
Star Name : Kepler-242
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19061576+4148302, KIC 6428700, KOI-853, WISE J190615.76+414830.2"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 1991.5085 (LY) 610.6000 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.8500 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.0000 (Msun/observed) 0.8292 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K2
Metalicity : 0.1030
Absolute Magnitude : 4.89
Apparent Magnitude : 13.82
Right Ascension(RA) : 286.56570
Declination(DEC) : 41.80840
  • This is the Kepler-242 . The star Kepler-242 islocated about 1991.5 light-years (610.6 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star Kepler-242 has apparent magnitude of 13.8, with absolute magnitude of 4.9.
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 2
  • Name of the 1 Planet Kepler-242 b radius 0.233000 mass 0.020263 orbital distance 0.075000
  • Name of the 2 Planet Kepler-242 c radius 0.178000 mass 0.015775 orbital distance 0.109000
    (Illustration of the Kepler-242's Planetary System)



    The Star Kepler-242 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.464 AU ( 69419978.1 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.641 AU ( 95956551.4 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.977 AU ( 146216549.2 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.438 AU ( 215164057.4 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-242)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star Kepler-242 distance : 0.502 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-242 distance : 0.635 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-242 distance : 0.613 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-242 distance : 0.673 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-242 distance : 1.150 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-242 distance : 1.213 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-242)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-242 distance : 0.496 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-242 distance : 0.654 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-242 distance : 0.657 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-242 distance : 1.169 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-242 distance : 1.216 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-242)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-242 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-242 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star KMT-2016-BLG-2397*)
    *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