Imaginary Picture of Kepler-517 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-517 b around the hoststar Kepler-517
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-517 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19344207+4117432 b, K00303.01, KIC 5966322 b, KOI-303 b, KOI-303.01, Kepler-517 A b, WISE J193442.09+411743.2 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2380 (Rjup) 2.6677 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0207 (Mjup) 6.5709 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.2979 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.1668
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 60.93 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.9233
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 13634.9 (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) 366.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 573.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 538.6 (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-517
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19344207+4117432, KIC 5966322, KOI-303, Kepler-517 A, WISE J193442.09+411743.2"
Star Distance(LY) : 945.3
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.0 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 6.3 (GY)
Temperature : 5563 (K)
Spectral type : G4
UV portion[%]: 7.6
Visible portion[%]: 44.4
IR portion[%]: 48.1
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 3.7
Apparent Magnitude: 11.0
Right Ascension(RA) 293.6753
Declination (DEC) 41.2953
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 449 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-517+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-517%20b/
Kepler-517 b
Kepler-517 b

  • Kepler-517 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-517, located about 945.3 light-years (289.8 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-517 has apparent magnitude of 11.0, with absolute magnitude of 3.7.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 1.0 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5563 with its spectral types of G4
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-517 b orbits around the star Kepler-517 every 60.9 days with its orbital distance of 0.30 AU ( 44564182.7 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-517 b around its host star Kepler-517)


  • The Star Kepler-517 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.680 AU ( 101798710.0 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.941 AU ( 140712420.4 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.433 AU ( 214414589.1 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.109 AU ( 315520460.7 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-517 b : 13634.90 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-517)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-517 distance : 0.714 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-517 distance : 0.905 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-517 distance : 0.874 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-517 distance : 0.958 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-517 distance : 1.607 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-517 distance : 1.695 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-517)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-517 distance : 0.712 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-517 distance : 0.930 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-517 distance : 0.943 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-517 distance : 1.635 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-517 distance : 1.700 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-517)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-517 and its Exoplanet Kepler-517 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-517 and its Exoplanet Kepler-517 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-517*)
    *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