Imaginary Picture of ROXs 12 b

Display orbital revolution of ROXs 12 b around the hoststar ROXs 12
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Exoplanet Name : ROXs 12 b
Alternate Name :
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.9078 (Rjup) 10.1759 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 16.0000 (Mjup) 5087.0080 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 210.0000 (AU) 210.0000 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0000
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 0.00 (Days Obs.) 1191679.70 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 49.1269
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 0.0 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 11.1 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 10.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 8.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 13.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 12.4 (K)
Size Class: Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Imaging
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : ROXs 12
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 391.4
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Estimated)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.0 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.0 (GY)
Temperature : 3850 (K)
Spectral type : M0
UV portion[%]: 0.4
Visible portion[%]: 19.1
IR portion[%]: 80.5
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 10.1
Apparent Magnitude: 15.5
Right Ascension(RA) 246.6156
Declination (DEC) -25.4466
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "Adam L. Kraus, Michael J. Ireland, Lucas A. Cieza, Sasha Hinkley, Trent J. Dupuy, Brendan P. Bowler, Michael C. Liu"
Discovery Paper - Title "Three Wide Planetary-Mass Companions to FW Tau, ROXs 12, and ROXs 42B"
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=ROXs+12+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/ROXs%2012%20b/
ROXs 12 b
ROXs 12 b

  • ROXs 12 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star ROXs 12, located about 391.4 light-years (120.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2013.
  • The host star ROXs 12 has apparent magnitude of 15.5, with absolute magnitude of 10.1.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 3850 with its spectral types of M0
  • (Projected orbit of ROXs 12 b around its host star ROXs 12)


  • The Star ROXs 12 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.255 AU ( 38202235.2 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.353 AU ( 52805472.5 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.538 AU ( 80463854.2 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.791 AU ( 118406086.3 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of ROXs 12 b : 0.00 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star ROXs 12)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star ROXs 12 distance : 0.287 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star ROXs 12 distance : 0.363 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star ROXs 12 distance : 0.351 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star ROXs 12 distance : 0.386 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star ROXs 12 distance : 0.694 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star ROXs 12 distance : 0.733 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star ROXs 12)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star ROXs 12 distance : 0.284 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star ROXs 12 distance : 0.376 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star ROXs 12 distance : 0.375 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star ROXs 12 distance : 0.706 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star ROXs 12 distance : 0.734 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star ROXs 12)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star ROXs 12 and its Exoplanet ROXs 12 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star ROXs 12 and its Exoplanet ROXs 12 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star ROXs 12*)
    *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