Imaginary Picture of Kepler-486 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-486 b around the hoststar Kepler-486
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-486 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J18593119+4916011 b, K00189.01, KIC 11391018 b, KOI-189 b, KOI-189.01, WISE J185931.19+491601.2 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.9810 (Rjup) 10.9960 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.9254 (Mjup) 294.2241 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1761 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0831
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 30.36 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 2.4334
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 13631.9 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 482.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 452.9 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 366.4 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 573.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 538.6 (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-486
Alternate Name : "2MASS J18593119+4916011, KIC 11391018, KOI-189, WISE J185931.19+491601.2"
Star Distance(LY) : 1422.4
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.8 (Msun Measured) 0.8 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.5 (GY)
Temperature : 4939 (K)
Spectral type : K2
UV portion[%]: 2.9
Visible portion[%]: 36.3
IR portion[%]: 60.8
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 4.7
Apparent Magnitude: 12.9
Right Ascension(RA) 284.8800
Declination (DEC) 49.2670
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 439 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-486+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-486%20b/
Kepler-486 b
Kepler-486 b

  • Kepler-486 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-486, located about 1422.4 light-years (436.1 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-486 has apparent magnitude of 12.9, with absolute magnitude of 4.7.
  • It is 0.8 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4939 with its spectral types of K2
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-486 b orbits around the star Kepler-486 every 30.4 days with its orbital distance of 0.18 AU ( 26339835.8 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-486 b around its host star Kepler-486)


  • The Star Kepler-486 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.402 AU ( 60161800.0 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.556 AU ( 83159329.8 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.847 AU ( 126716415.4 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.246 AU ( 186468756.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-486 b : 13631.85 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-486)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-486 distance : 0.436 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-486 distance : 0.552 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-486 distance : 0.534 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-486 distance : 0.586 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-486 distance : 1.004 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-486 distance : 1.059 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-486)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-486 distance : 0.431 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-486 distance : 0.569 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-486 distance : 0.571 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-486 distance : 1.020 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-486 distance : 1.061 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-486)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-486 and its Exoplanet Kepler-486 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-486 and its Exoplanet Kepler-486 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-486*)
    *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