Imaginary Picture of Kepler-45 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-45 b around the hoststar Kepler-45
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-45 b
Alternate Name : "KOI-254 b, 2MASS J19312949+4103513 b, K00254.01, KIC 5794240 b, KOI-254.01, WISE J193129.49+410351.1 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.9600 (Rjup) 10.7606 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.5050 (Mjup) 160.5587 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0300 (AU) 0.0300 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.1100
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0067
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 2.46 (Days Obs.) 2.47 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.3866
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 109815.3 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 812.5 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 763.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 617.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 966.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 907.4 (K)
Size Class: Jupiter-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-45
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19312949+4103513, KIC 5794240, KOI-254, WISE J193129.49+410351.1"
Star Distance(LY) : 1245.9
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.6 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.6 (Msun Measured) 0.6 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.5 (GY)
Temperature : 3793 (K)
Spectral type : M
UV portion[%]: 0.4
Visible portion[%]: 19.8
IR portion[%]: 79.8
Metalicity : 0.3
Absolute Magnitude: 9.0
Apparent Magnitude: 16.9
Right Ascension(RA) 292.8729
Declination (DEC) 41.0643
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "John Asher Johnson, J. Zachary Gazak, Kevin Apps, Philip S. Muirhead, Justin R. Crepp, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Tabetha Boyajian, Kaspar von Braun, Barbara Rojas-Ayala, Andrew W. Howard, Kevin R. Covey, Everett Schlawin, Katherine Hamren, Timothy D. Morton, James P. Lloyd"
Discovery Paper - Title Characterizing the Cool KOIs II. The M Dwarf KOI-254 and its Hot Jupiter
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-45+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-45%20b/
Kepler-45 b
Kepler-45 b

  • Kepler-45 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-45, located about 1245.9 light-years (382.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2011.
  • The host star Kepler-45 has apparent magnitude of 16.9, with absolute magnitude of 9.0.
  • It is 0.6 times more massive and 0.6 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 3793 with its spectral types of M
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-45 b orbits around the star Kepler-45 every 2.5 days with its orbital distance of 0.03 AU ( 4487936.1 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-45 b around its host star Kepler-45)


  • The Star Kepler-45 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.194 AU ( 29094331.8 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.269 AU ( 40215969.8 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.410 AU ( 61280238.2 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.603 AU ( 90176555.1 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-45 b : 109815.30 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-45)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-45 distance : 0.219 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-45 distance : 0.277 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-45 distance : 0.267 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-45 distance : 0.294 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-45 distance : 0.531 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-45 distance : 0.560 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-45)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-45 distance : 0.216 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-45 distance : 0.286 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-45 distance : 0.286 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-45 distance : 0.539 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-45 distance : 0.561 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-45)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-45 and its Exoplanet Kepler-45 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-45 and its Exoplanet Kepler-45 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-45*)
    *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