Imaginary Picture of Kepler-226 d

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-226 d around the hoststar Kepler-226
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-226 d
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19293027+4752515 d, K00749.03, KIC 10601284 d, KOI-749 d, KOI-749.03, WISE J192930.26+475251.5 d"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1090 (Rjup) 1.2218 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0063 (Mjup) 2.0133 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0760 (AU) 0.0760 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0222
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 8.11 (Days Obs.) 8.25 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.3487
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 135302.3 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 856.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 803.9 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 650.4 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1018.0 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 956.0 (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-226
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19293027+4752515, KIC 10601284, KOI-749, WISE J192930.26+475251.5"
Star Distance(LY) : 3198.6
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.9 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.0 (GY)
Temperature : 5356 (K)
Spectral type : G6
UV portion[%]: 7.2
Visible portion[%]: 43.7
IR portion[%]: 49.1
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 4.2
Apparent Magnitude: 14.1
Right Ascension(RA) 292.3761
Declination (DEC) 47.8810
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors 0
Discovery Paper - Title
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-226+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-226%20d/
Kepler-226 d
Kepler-226 d

  • Kepler-226 d is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-226, located about 3198.6 light-years (980.7 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2014.
  • The host star Kepler-226 has apparent magnitude of 14.1, with absolute magnitude of 4.2.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5356 with its spectral types of G6
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-226 d orbits around the star Kepler-226 every 8.1 days with its orbital distance of 0.08 AU ( 11369438.2 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-226 d around its host star Kepler-226)


  • The Star Kepler-226 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.547 AU ( 81812925.3 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.756 AU ( 113086843.0 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.152 AU ( 172319322.6 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.695 AU ( 253575432.1 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-226 d : 135302.32 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-226)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-226 distance : 0.581 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-226 distance : 0.735 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-226 distance : 0.710 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-226 distance : 0.779 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-226 distance : 1.316 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-226 distance : 1.388 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-226)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-226 distance : 0.577 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-226 distance : 0.757 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-226 distance : 0.764 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-226 distance : 1.338 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-226 distance : 1.392 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-226)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-226 and its Exoplanet Kepler-226 d)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-226 and its Exoplanet Kepler-226 d (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-226*)
    *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