Imaginary Picture of 61 Vir b

Display orbital revolution of 61 Vir b around the hoststar 61 Vir
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Exoplanet Name : 61 Vir b
Alternate Name : HD 115617 b
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1370 (Rjup) 1.5351 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0160 (Mjup) 5.0870 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0502 (AU) 0.0502 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.1200
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0115
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 4.21 (Days Obs.) 4.21 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 2.1586
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 402393.0 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1124.1 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1055.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 854.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1336.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1255.4 (K)
Size Class: super-Earth-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Radial Velocity
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : 61 Vir
Alternate Name : HD 115617
Star Distance(LY) : 27.9
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.9 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 9.0 (GY)
Temperature : 5531 (K)
Spectral type : G5V
UV portion[%]: 7.0
Visible portion[%]: 43.4
IR portion[%]: 49.5
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 5.1
Apparent Magnitude: 4.7
Right Ascension(RA) 199.6013
Declination (DEC) -18.3111
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "Vogt,teven.; Wittenmyer,obert.; Butler,.aul; O'Toole,imon; Henry,regory.; Rivera,ugenio.; Meschiari,tefano; Laughlin,regory; Tinney,..; Jones,ugh..; Bailey,eremy; Carter,rad.; Batygin,onstantin"
Discovery Paper - Title A Super-Earth and Two Neptunes Orbiting the Nearby Sun-like Star 61 Virginis
Discovery Paper - Journal "The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 708, Number 2"
Discovery Paper - URL http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/708/2/1366/meta
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.harvard.edu/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=61+Vir++&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/61%20Vir%20b/
61 Vir b
61 Vir b

  • 61 Vir b is an exoplanet orbiting the star 61 Vir, located about 27.9 light-years ( 8.6 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2009.
  • The host star 61 Vir has apparent magnitude of 4.7, with absolute magnitude of 5.1.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5531 with its spectral types of G5V
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet 61 Vir b orbits around the star 61 Vir every 4.2 days with its orbital distance of 0.05 AU ( 7509962.7 km)
  • (Projected orbit of 61 Vir b around its host star 61 Vir)


  • The Star 61 Vir 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.623 AU ( 93195143.8 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.861 AU ( 128820043.6 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.312 AU ( 196293238.6 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.931 AU ( 288854099.7 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of 61 Vir b : 402393.00 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star 61 Vir)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star 61 Vir distance : 0.655 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star 61 Vir distance : 0.830 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star 61 Vir distance : 0.801 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star 61 Vir distance : 0.879 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star 61 Vir distance : 1.475 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star 61 Vir distance : 1.556 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star 61 Vir)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star 61 Vir distance : 0.653 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star 61 Vir distance : 0.853 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star 61 Vir distance : 0.864 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star 61 Vir distance : 1.501 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star 61 Vir distance : 1.561 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star 61 Vir)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star 61 Vir and its Exoplanet 61 Vir b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star 61 Vir and its Exoplanet 61 Vir b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star 61 Vir*)
    *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