Imaginary Picture of Kepler-521 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-521 b around the hoststar Kepler-521
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-521 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19551593+4359529 b, K00317.01, KIC 8121310 b, KOI-317 b, KOI-317.01, WISE J195515.93+435952.9 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2840 (Rjup) 3.1834 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0244 (Mjup) 7.7446 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1705 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0608
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 22.21 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.7642
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 217824.9 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 964.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 905.5 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 732.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1146.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1076.8 (K)
Size Class: 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-521
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19551593+4359529, KIC 8121310, KOI-317, WISE J195515.93+435952.9"
Star Distance(LY) : 2708.2
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.7 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.3 (Msun Measured) 1.3 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 1.8 (GY)
Temperature : 6563 (K)
Spectral type : F7
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.2
Absolute Magnitude: 2.3
Apparent Magnitude: 11.9
Right Ascension(RA) 298.8164
Declination (DEC) 43.9980
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 453 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-521+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-521%20b/
Kepler-521 b
Kepler-521 b

  • Kepler-521 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-521, located about 2708.2 light-years (830.3 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-521 has apparent magnitude of 11.9, with absolute magnitude of 2.3.
  • It is 1.3 times more massive and 1.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6563 with its spectral types of F7
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-521 b orbits around the star Kepler-521 every 22.2 days with its orbital distance of 0.17 AU ( 25502037.7 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-521 b around its host star Kepler-521)


  • The Star Kepler-521 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.556 AU ( 232840738.1 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.151 AU ( 321846748.6 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 3.278 AU ( 490423220.3 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 4.824 AU ( 721679252.7 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-521 b : 217824.93 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-521)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-521 distance : 1.539 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-521 distance : 1.949 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-521 distance : 1.882 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-521 distance : 2.062 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-521 distance : 3.387 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-521 distance : 3.573 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-521)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-521 distance : 1.567 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-521 distance : 1.998 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-521 distance : 2.074 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-521 distance : 3.449 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-521 distance : 3.587 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-521)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-521 and its Exoplanet Kepler-521 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-521 and its Exoplanet Kepler-521 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-521*)
    *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