Imaginary Picture of Kepler-440 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-440 b around the hoststar Kepler-440
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-440 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19012398+4127079 b, K04087.01, KIC 6106282 b, KOI-4087 b, KOI-4087.01, WISE J190124.00+412708.3 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1700 (Rjup) 1.9055 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0151 (Mjup) 4.8054 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.2420 (AU) 0.2420 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.3400
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.2768
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 101.11 (Days Obs.) 57.59 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.3234
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 2672.1 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 320.9 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 301.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 243.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 381.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 358.4 (K)
Size Class: sub-Neptune-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Primary Transit
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection : Primary Transit
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : Kepler-440
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19012398+4127079, KIC 6106282, KOI-4087, WISE J190124.00+412708.3"
Star Distance(LY) : 981.6
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.7 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.6 (Msun Measured) 0.2 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 1.3 (GY)
Temperature : 4134 (K)
Spectral type : K6
UV portion[%]: 0.8
Visible portion[%]: 25.8
IR portion[%]: 73.5
Metalicity : -0.3
Absolute Magnitude: 8.1
Apparent Magnitude: 15.5
Right Ascension(RA) 285.3500
Declination (DEC) 41.4522
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "Guillermo Torres, David M. Kipping, Francois Fressin, Douglas A. Caldwell, Joseph D. Twicken, Sarah Ballard, Natalie M. Batalha, Stephen T. Bryson, David R. Ciardi, Christopher E. Henze, Steve B. Howell, Howard T. Isaacson, Jon M. Jenkins, Philip S. Muirhead, Elisabeth R. Newton, Erik A. Petigura, Thomas Barclay, William J. Borucki, Justin R. Crepp, Mark E. Everett, Elliott P. Horch, Andrew W. Howard, Rea Kolbl, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Sean McCauliff, Elisa V. Quintana"
Discovery Paper - Title Validation of Twelve Small Kepler Transiting Planets in the Habitable Zone
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-440+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-440%20b/
Kepler-440 b
Kepler-440 b

  • Kepler-440 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-440, located about 981.6 light-years (301.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2015.
  • The host star Kepler-440 has apparent magnitude of 15.5, with absolute magnitude of 8.1.
  • It is 0.6 times more massive and 0.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4134 with its spectral types of K6
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-440 b orbits around the star Kepler-440 every 101.1 days with its orbital distance of 0.24 AU ( 36202684.7 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-440 b around its host star Kepler-440)


  • The Star Kepler-440 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.245 AU ( 36610066.4 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.338 AU ( 50604679.1 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.515 AU ( 77110332.2 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.759 AU ( 113471231.8 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-440 b : 2672.14 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-440)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-440 distance : 0.273 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-440 distance : 0.346 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-440 distance : 0.334 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-440 distance : 0.367 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-440 distance : 0.652 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-440 distance : 0.688 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-440)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-440 distance : 0.270 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-440 distance : 0.358 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-440 distance : 0.357 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-440 distance : 0.663 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-440 distance : 0.689 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-440)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-440 and its Exoplanet Kepler-440 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-440 and its Exoplanet Kepler-440 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-440*)
    *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