Kepler-62

Display orbital revolution around the star Kepler-62
Imaginary Picture of Star Kepler-62
Star Name : Kepler-62
Alternate Name : "2MASS J18525105+4520595, KIC 9002278, KOI-701, WISE J185251.03+452059.0"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 1200.2541 (LY) 368.0000 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.6400 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.6900 (Msun/observed) 0.6900 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K2 V
Metalicity : -0.3700
Absolute Magnitude : 6.17
Apparent Magnitude : 14.00
Right Ascension(RA) : 283.21275
Declination(DEC) : 45.34987
  • This is the Kepler-62 . The star Kepler-62 islocated about 1200.3 light-years (368.0 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star Kepler-62 has apparent magnitude of 14.0, with absolute magnitude of 6.2.
  • It is 0.7 times more massive and 0.6 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4925 with its spectral types of K2 V
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 5
  • Name of the 1 Planet Kepler-62 b radius 0.117000 mass 0.030000 orbital distance 0.055300
  • Name of the 2 Planet Kepler-62 c radius 0.048000 mass 0.013000 orbital distance 0.092900
  • Name of the 3 Planet Kepler-62 d radius 0.174000 mass 0.044000 orbital distance 0.120000
  • Name of the 4 Planet Kepler-62 e radius 0.144000 mass 0.113000 orbital distance 0.427000
  • Name of the 5 Planet Kepler-62 f radius 0.126000 mass 0.110000 orbital distance 0.718000
    (Illustration of the Kepler-62's Planetary System)



    The Star Kepler-62 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.336 AU ( 50309564.3 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.465 AU ( 69540965.3 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.708 AU ( 105965041.8 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.042 AU ( 155932201.0 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-62)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star Kepler-62 distance : 0.365 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-62 distance : 0.462 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-62 distance : 0.446 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-62 distance : 0.490 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-62 distance : 0.840 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-62 distance : 0.886 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-62)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-62 distance : 0.361 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-62 distance : 0.476 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-62 distance : 0.478 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-62 distance : 0.854 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-62 distance : 0.888 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-62)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-62 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-62 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star HIP 11915*)
    *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