Kepler-26

Display orbital revolution around the star Kepler-26
Imaginary Picture of Star Kepler-26
Star Name : Kepler-26
Alternate Name : "2MASS J18594583+4633595, KIC 9757613, KOI-250, WISE J185945.85+463359.3"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 1104.2011 (LY) 338.5500 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.5100 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.5400 (Msun/observed) 0.5400 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : M0 V
Metalicity : -0.1300
Absolute Magnitude : 8.35
Apparent Magnitude : 16.00
Right Ascension(RA) : 284.94100
Declination(DEC) : 46.56654
  • This is the Kepler-26 . The star Kepler-26 islocated about 1104.2 light-years (338.6 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star Kepler-26 has apparent magnitude of 16.0, with absolute magnitude of 8.4.
  • It is 0.5 times more massive and 0.5 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 3914 with its spectral types of M0 V
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 4
  • Name of the 1 Planet Kepler-26 b radius 0.248000 mass 0.016110 orbital distance 0.085000
  • Name of the 2 Planet Kepler-26 c radius 0.243000 mass 0.019510 orbital distance 0.107000
  • Name of the 3 Planet Kepler-26 d radius 0.095000 mass 0.003856 orbital distance 0.039000
  • Name of the 4 Planet Kepler-26 e radius 0.215000 mass 0.018803 orbital distance 0.220000
    (Illustration of the Kepler-26's Planetary System)



    The Star Kepler-26 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.169 AU ( 25320363.2 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.234 AU ( 34999359.0 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.356 AU ( 53331277.7 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.525 AU ( 78479311.5 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-26)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star Kepler-26 distance : 0.190 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-26 distance : 0.240 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-26 distance : 0.232 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-26 distance : 0.254 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-26 distance : 0.458 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-26 distance : 0.483 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-26)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-26 distance : 0.188 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-26 distance : 0.249 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-26 distance : 0.248 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-26 distance : 0.466 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-26 distance : 0.484 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-26)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-26 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-26 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star HD 221585*)
    *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