Imaginary Picture of Qatar-2 b

Display orbital revolution of Qatar-2 b around the hoststar Qatar-2
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Exoplanet Name : Qatar-2 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J13503740-0648145 b, EPIC 212756297.01, GSC 04974-00112 b, WISE J135037.33-064814.5 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 1.2540 (Rjup) 14.0561 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 2.4940 (Mjup) 792.9374 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0215 (AU) 0.0215 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0037
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 1.34 (Days Obs.) 1.34 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 4.0134
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 749288.1 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1313.1 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1233.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 997.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1561.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1466.5 (K)
Size Class: Super-Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Primary Transit
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : Qatar-2
Alternate Name : "2MASS J13503740-0648145, EPIC 212756297, GSC 04974-00112, WISE J135037.33-064814.5"
Star Distance(LY) : 594.6
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.7 (Msun Measured) 0.7 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 5.0 (GY)
Temperature : 4645 (K)
Spectral type : K
UV portion[%]: 2.0
Visible portion[%]: 33.4
IR portion[%]: 64.6
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 7.0
Apparent Magnitude: 13.3
Right Ascension(RA) 207.6559
Declination (DEC) -6.8040
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors CUTRI R.M.; SKRUTSKIE M.F.; VAN DYK S.; BEICHMAN C.A.; CARPENTER J.M.; CHESTER T.; CAMBRESY L.; EVANS T.; FOWLER J.; GIZIS J.; HOWARD E.; HUCHRA J.; JARRETT T.; KOPAN E.L.; KIRKPATRICK J.D.; LIGHT R.M.; MARSH K.A.; McCALLON H.; SCHNEIDER S.; STIENING R.; SYKES M.; WEINBERG M.; WHEATON W.A.; WHEELOCK S.; ZACARIAS N.
Discovery Paper - Title 2MASS All Sky Catalog of point sources.
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Qatar-2%20b/
Qatar-2 b
Qatar-2 b

  • Qatar-2 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Qatar-2, located about 594.6 light-years (182.3 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2011.
  • The host star Qatar-2 has apparent magnitude of 13.3, with absolute magnitude of 7.0.
  • It is 0.7 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4645 with its spectral types of K
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Qatar-2 b orbits around the star Qatar-2 every 1.3 days with its orbital distance of 0.02 AU ( 3220842.2 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Qatar-2 b around its host star Qatar-2)


  • The Star Qatar-2 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.365 AU ( 54541132.5 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.504 AU ( 75390098.5 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.768 AU ( 114877826.3 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.130 AU ( 169047753.9 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Qatar-2 b : 749288.09 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Qatar-2)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Qatar-2 distance : 0.401 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Qatar-2 distance : 0.507 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Qatar-2 distance : 0.490 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Qatar-2 distance : 0.538 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Qatar-2 distance : 0.933 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Qatar-2 distance : 0.984 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Qatar-2)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Qatar-2 distance : 0.395 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Qatar-2 distance : 0.523 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Qatar-2 distance : 0.523 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Qatar-2 distance : 0.948 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Qatar-2 distance : 0.986 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Qatar-2)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Qatar-2 and its Exoplanet Qatar-2 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Qatar-2 and its Exoplanet Qatar-2 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Qatar-2*)
    *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