Imaginary Picture of Kepler-1518 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-1518 b around the hoststar Kepler-1518
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-1518 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J20011977+4459100 b, K03741.03, KIC 8780959 b, KOI-3741 b, KOI-3741.03, WISE J200119.77+445910.0 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2720 (Rjup) 3.0488 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0234 (Mjup) 7.4398 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0671 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0140
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 5.11 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.8004
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 1152544.9 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1462.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1373.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 1111.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1739.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1633.2 (K)
Size Class: sub-Neptune-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-1518
Alternate Name : "2MASS J20011977+4459100, KIC 8780959, KOI-3741, WISE J200119.77+445910.0"
Star Distance(LY) : 2944.9
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.6 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.5 (Msun Measured) 1.5 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 1.5 (GY)
Temperature : 6427 (K)
Spectral type : F3
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 2.5
Apparent Magnitude: 12.3
Right Ascension(RA) 300.3324
Declination (DEC) 44.9861
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-1518+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-1518%20b/
Kepler-1518 b
Kepler-1518 b

  • Kepler-1518 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-1518, located about 2944.9 light-years (902.9 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-1518 has apparent magnitude of 12.3, with absolute magnitude of 2.5.
  • It is 1.5 times more massive and 1.6 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6427 with its spectral types of F3
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-1518 b orbits around the star Kepler-1518 every 5.1 days with its orbital distance of 0.07 AU ( 10032755.3 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-1518 b around its host star Kepler-1518)


  • The Star Kepler-1518 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.408 AU ( 210707231.2 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.947 AU ( 291252457.9 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.967 AU ( 443804291.8 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 4.366 AU ( 653077457.2 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-1518 b : 1152544.90 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-1518)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1518 distance : 1.404 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1518 distance : 1.778 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1518 distance : 1.717 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-1518 distance : 1.881 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1518 distance : 3.096 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1518 distance : 3.265 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-1518)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1518 distance : 1.425 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1518 distance : 1.823 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1518 distance : 1.886 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1518 distance : 3.152 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1518 distance : 3.278 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-1518)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1518 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1518 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1518 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1518 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-1518*)
    *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