Imaginary Picture of Kepler-516 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-516 b around the hoststar Kepler-516
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-516 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19422610+3844086 b, K00302.01, KIC 3662838 b, KOI-302 b, KOI-302.01, WISE J194226.10+384408.6 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.5120 (Rjup) 5.7390 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.1316 (Mjup) 41.8294 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1958 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0680
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 24.85 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.2700
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 246798.5 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 994.8 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 934.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 755.9 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1183.0 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1111.0 (K)
Size Class: sub-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-516
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19422610+3844086, KIC 3662838, KOI-302, WISE J194226.10+384408.6"
Star Distance(LY) : 2240.9
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.6 (Msun Measured) 1.6 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 1.3 (GY)
Temperature : 6954 (K)
Spectral type : F2
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 2.0
Apparent Magnitude: 11.2
Right Ascension(RA) 295.6088
Declination (DEC) 38.7357
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 448 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-516+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-516%20b/
Kepler-516 b
Kepler-516 b

  • Kepler-516 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-516, located about 2240.9 light-years (687.1 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-516 has apparent magnitude of 11.2, with absolute magnitude of 2.0.
  • It is 1.6 times more massive and 1.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6954 with its spectral types of F2
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-516 b orbits around the star Kepler-516 every 24.9 days with its orbital distance of 0.20 AU ( 29284764.4 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-516 b around its host star Kepler-516)


  • The Star Kepler-516 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.902 AU ( 284605526.7 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.630 AU ( 393399214.2 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 4.007 AU ( 599453343.4 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 5.897 AU ( 882121855.2 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-516 b : 246798.55 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-516)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-516 distance : 1.842 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-516 distance : 2.333 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-516 distance : 2.253 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-516 distance : 2.468 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-516 distance : 4.037 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-516 distance : 4.258 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-516)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-516 distance : 1.892 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-516 distance : 2.389 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-516 distance : 2.503 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-516 distance : 4.111 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-516 distance : 4.275 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-516)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-516 and its Exoplanet Kepler-516 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-516 and its Exoplanet Kepler-516 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-516*)
    *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