Imaginary Picture of Kepler-479 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-479 b around the hoststar Kepler-479
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-479 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19240524+3746112 b, K00166.01, KIC 2441495 b, KOI-166 b, KOI-166.01, WISE J192405.25+374611.4 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1890 (Rjup) 2.1185 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0167 (Mjup) 5.3030 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1002 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0342
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 12.49 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.1816
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 50761.9 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 669.9 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 629.1 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 509.0 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 796.7 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 748.2 (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-479
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19240524+3746112, KIC 2441495, KOI-166, WISE J192405.25+374611.4"
Star Distance(LY) : 1124.6
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.3 (GY)
Temperature : 5159 (K)
Spectral type : K0
UV portion[%]: 5.4
Visible portion[%]: 40.8
IR portion[%]: 53.8
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 4.5
Apparent Magnitude: 12.2
Right Ascension(RA) 291.0219
Declination (DEC) 37.7698
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. Batalha"
Discovery Paper - Title FALSE POSITIVE PROBABILITIES FOR ALL KEPLER OBJECTS OF INTEREST: 1284 NEWLY VALIDATED PLANETS AND 437 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-479+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-479%20b/
Kepler-479 b
Kepler-479 b

  • Kepler-479 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-479, located about 1124.6 light-years (344.8 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-479 has apparent magnitude of 12.2, with absolute magnitude of 4.5.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5159 with its spectral types of K0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-479 b orbits around the star Kepler-479 every 12.5 days with its orbital distance of 0.10 AU ( 14990593.0 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-479 b around its host star Kepler-479)


  • The Star Kepler-479 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.442 AU ( 66072073.7 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.610 AU ( 91328872.6 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.930 AU ( 139164990.8 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.369 AU ( 204787380.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-479 b : 50761.88 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-479)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-479 distance : 0.474 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-479 distance : 0.600 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-479 distance : 0.580 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-479 distance : 0.636 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-479 distance : 1.081 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-479 distance : 1.140 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-479)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-479 distance : 0.470 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-479 distance : 0.618 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-479 distance : 0.622 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-479 distance : 1.099 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-479 distance : 1.143 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-479)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-479 and its Exoplanet Kepler-479 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-479 and its Exoplanet Kepler-479 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-479*)
    *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