Pollux

Display orbital revolution around the star Pollux
Imaginary Picture of Star Pollux
Star Name : Pollux
Alternate Name : "beta Gem, HD 62509"
Star Distance (LY/pc): 33.7845 (LY) 10.3584 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 9.3000 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.4700 (Msun/observed) 1.4700 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K0IIIb
Metalicity : 0.1900
Absolute Magnitude : 1.07
Apparent Magnitude : 1.15
Right Ascension(RA) : 116.32896
Declination(DEC) : 28.02611
  • This is the Pollux . The star Pollux islocated about 33.8 light-years (10.4 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star Pollux has apparent magnitude of 1.1, with absolute magnitude of 1.1.
  • It is 1.5 times more massive and 9.3 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4666 with its spectral types of K0IIIb
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet Pollux b radius 1.049881 mass 2.900000 orbital distance 1.690000
    (Illustration of the Pollux's Planetary System)



    The Star Pollux 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 4.386 AU ( 656191393.5 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 6.063 AU ( 907027989.1 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 9.239 AU ( 1382109930.5 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 13.595 AU ( 2033835309.1 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Pollux)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star Pollux distance : 4.815 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Pollux distance : 6.095 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Pollux distance : 5.888 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Pollux distance : 6.455 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Pollux distance : 11.205 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Pollux distance : 11.820 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Pollux)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Pollux distance : 4.753 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Pollux distance : 6.289 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Pollux distance : 6.289 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Pollux distance : 11.390 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Pollux distance : 11.845 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Pollux)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Pollux )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Pollux (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-1529*)
    *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