Kepler-246

Display orbital revolution around the star Kepler-246
Imaginary Picture of Star Kepler-246
Star Name : Kepler-246
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19455602+4239483, KIC 7134976, KOI-874, WISE J194556.01+423948.1"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 2079.0488 (LY) 637.4400 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.8300 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.8600 (Msun/observed) 0.8600 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K0
Metalicity : 0.1430
Absolute Magnitude : 4.56
Apparent Magnitude : 13.59
Right Ascension(RA) : 296.48343
Declination(DEC) : 42.66343
  • This is the Kepler-246 . The star Kepler-246 islocated about 2079.0 light-years (637.4 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star Kepler-246 has apparent magnitude of 13.6, with absolute magnitude of 4.6.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5206 with its spectral types of K0
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 2
  • Name of the 1 Planet Kepler-246 b radius 0.209000 mass 0.018315 orbital distance 0.052000
  • Name of the 2 Planet Kepler-246 c radius 0.134000 mass 0.013452 orbital distance 0.095000
    (Illustration of the Kepler-246's Planetary System)



    The Star Kepler-246 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.487 AU ( 72902854.3 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.674 AU ( 100770796.5 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.026 AU ( 153552393.3 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.510 AU ( 225959073.5 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-246)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star Kepler-246 distance : 0.522 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-246 distance : 0.661 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-246 distance : 0.638 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-246 distance : 0.700 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-246 distance : 1.188 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-246 distance : 1.253 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-246)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-246 distance : 0.517 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-246 distance : 0.680 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-246 distance : 0.685 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-246 distance : 1.208 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-246 distance : 1.256 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-246)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-246 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-246 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star KMT-2017-BLG-0673L*)
    *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