Imaginary Picture of Kepler-1516 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-1516 b around the hoststar Kepler-1516
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-1516 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19255870+4431246 b, K03685.02, KIC 8494410 b, KOI-3685 b, KOI-3685.02, WISE J192558.70+443124.3 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1560 (Rjup) 1.7486 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0140 (Mjup) 4.4363 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0743 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0199
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 7.26 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.4509
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 784370.6 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1328.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1247.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 1009.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1579.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1483.4 (K)
Size Class: super-Earth-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 : Kepler-1516
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19255870+4431246, KIC 8494410, KOI-3685, WISE J192558.70+443124.3"
Star Distance(LY) : 4435.9
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.7 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.0 (Msun Measured) 1.0 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.1 (GY)
Temperature : 5912 (K)
Spectral type : G1
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 2.6
Apparent Magnitude: 13.2
Right Ascension(RA) 291.4946
Declination (DEC) 44.5235
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "Timothy D. Morton, Stephen T. Bryson, Jeffrey L. Coughlin, Jason F. Rowe, Ganesh Ravichandran, Erik A. Petigura, Michael R. Haas, and Natalie M. Batalha2"
Discovery Paper - Title FALSE POSITIVE PROBABILITIES FOR ALL KEPLER OBJECTS OF INTEREST: 1284 NEWLY VALIDATED PLANETS AND 428 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-1516+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-1516%20b/
Kepler-1516 b
Kepler-1516 b

  • Kepler-1516 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-1516, located about 4435.9 light-years (1360.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-1516 has apparent magnitude of 13.2, with absolute magnitude of 2.6.
  • It is 1.0 times more massive and 1.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5912 with its spectral types of G1
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-1516 b orbits around the star Kepler-1516 every 7.3 days with its orbital distance of 0.07 AU ( 11120910.0 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-1516 b around its host star Kepler-1516)


  • The Star Kepler-1516 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.288 AU ( 192677621.6 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.780 AU ( 266330825.8 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.713 AU ( 405829239.6 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 3.992 AU ( 597195504.3 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-1516 b : 784370.60 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-1516)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1516 distance : 1.324 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1516 distance : 1.677 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1516 distance : 1.619 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-1516 distance : 1.775 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1516 distance : 2.951 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1516 distance : 3.113 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-1516)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1516 distance : 1.329 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1516 distance : 1.722 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1516 distance : 1.759 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1516 distance : 3.003 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1516 distance : 3.123 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-1516)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1516 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1516 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1516 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1516 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-1516*)
    *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