Imaginary Picture of Kepler-508 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-508 b around the hoststar Kepler-508
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-508 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19413704+4258531 b, K00266.01, KIC 7375348 b, KOI-266 b, KOI-266.01, WISE J194137.02+425852.8 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1460 (Rjup) 1.6365 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0131 (Mjup) 4.1712 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1773 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0693
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 25.31 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.5575
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 81609.7 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 754.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 708.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 573.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 897.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 842.5 (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-508
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19413704+4258531, KIC 7375348, KOI-266, WISE J194137.02+425852.8"
Star Distance(LY) : 1058.5
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.2 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.2 (Msun Measured) 1.2 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 3.5 (GY)
Temperature : 6150 (K)
Spectral type : G0
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.2
Absolute Magnitude: 3.1
Apparent Magnitude: 10.7
Right Ascension(RA) 295.4044
Declination (DEC) 42.9814
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 441 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-508+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-508%20b/
Kepler-508 b
Kepler-508 b

  • Kepler-508 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-508, located about 1058.5 light-years (324.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-508 has apparent magnitude of 10.7, with absolute magnitude of 3.1.
  • It is 1.2 times more massive and 1.2 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6150 with its spectral types of G0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-508 b orbits around the star Kepler-508 every 25.3 days with its orbital distance of 0.18 AU ( 26517550.8 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-508 b around its host star Kepler-508)


  • The Star Kepler-508 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.991 AU ( 148195373.2 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.369 AU ( 204844733.9 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.087 AU ( 312138042.4 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 3.070 AU ( 459324803.3 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-508 b : 81609.72 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-508)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-508 distance : 1.004 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-508 distance : 1.271 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-508 distance : 1.228 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-508 distance : 1.345 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-508 distance : 2.225 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-508 distance : 2.347 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-508)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-508 distance : 1.013 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-508 distance : 1.305 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-508 distance : 1.340 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-508 distance : 2.265 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-508 distance : 2.355 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-508)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-508 and its Exoplanet Kepler-508 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-508 and its Exoplanet Kepler-508 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-508*)
    *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