Imaginary Picture of IM Lup b

Display orbital revolution of IM Lup b around the hoststar IM Lup
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Exoplanet Name : IM Lup b
Alternate Name : "HIC 78853 b, THA 15-12 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.9078 (Rjup) 10.1759 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 1.0000 (Mjup) 317.9380 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 400.0000 (AU) 400.0000 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0000
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 0.00 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 3.0704
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 0.0 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 7.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 6.8 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 5.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 8.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 8.1 (K)
Size Class: Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Default
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : IM Lup
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 130.5
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.7 (Rsun Estimated)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.0 (Msun Measured) 0.0 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.0 (GY)
Temperature : 3750 (K)
Spectral type : M0
UV portion[%]: 0.4
Visible portion[%]: 18.9
IR portion[%]: 80.7
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 5.1
Apparent Magnitude: 8.1
Right Ascension(RA) 239.0375
Declination (DEC) -37.9350
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IM Lup b
IM Lup b

  • IM Lup b is an exoplanet orbiting the star IM Lup, located about 130.5 light-years (40.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2009.
  • The host star IM Lup has apparent magnitude of 8.1, with absolute magnitude of 5.1.
  • (Projected orbit of IM Lup b around its host star IM Lup)


  • The Star IM Lup 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.205 AU ( 30602589.8 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.283 AU ( 42300776.5 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.431 AU ( 64457022.3 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.634 AU ( 94851331.9 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of IM Lup b : 0.00 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star IM Lup)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star IM Lup distance : 0.230 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star IM Lup distance : 0.291 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star IM Lup distance : 0.281 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star IM Lup distance : 0.310 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star IM Lup distance : 0.560 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star IM Lup distance : 0.591 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star IM Lup)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star IM Lup distance : 0.228 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star IM Lup distance : 0.302 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star IM Lup distance : 0.302 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star IM Lup distance : 0.569 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star IM Lup distance : 0.592 AU

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



    (Position in Stellar Map of star IM Lup and its Exoplanet IM Lup b)



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

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star IM Lup*)
    *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