Imaginary Picture of Kepler-550 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-550 b around the hoststar Kepler-550
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-550 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19504805+4751495 b, K00429.01, KIC 10616679 b, KOI-429 b, KOI-429.01, WISE J195048.05+475149.3 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.3940 (Rjup) 4.4163 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0600 (Mjup) 19.0616 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0784 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0235
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 8.60 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.9773
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 95591.0 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 784.8 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 737.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 596.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 933.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 876.4 (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-550
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19504805+4751495, KIC 10616679, KOI-429, WISE J195048.05+475149.3"
Star Distance(LY) : 1734.3
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.7 (GY)
Temperature : 5248 (K)
Spectral type : K0
UV portion[%]: 5.9
Visible portion[%]: 41.7
IR portion[%]: 52.4
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 4.5
Apparent Magnitude: 13.1
Right Ascension(RA) 297.7002
Declination (DEC) 47.8638
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 482 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-550&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-550%20b/
Kepler-550 b
Kepler-550 b

  • Kepler-550 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-550, located about 1734.3 light-years (531.7 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-550 has apparent magnitude of 13.1, with absolute magnitude of 4.5.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5248 with its spectral types of K0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-550 b orbits around the star Kepler-550 every 8.6 days with its orbital distance of 0.08 AU ( 11732056.7 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-550 b around its host star Kepler-550)


  • The Star Kepler-550 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.474 AU ( 70959883.5 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.656 AU ( 98085103.0 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.999 AU ( 149459990.8 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.470 AU ( 219936924.0 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-550 b : 95590.98 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-550)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-550 distance : 0.507 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-550 distance : 0.642 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-550 distance : 0.620 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-550 distance : 0.680 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-550 distance : 1.152 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-550 distance : 1.215 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-550)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-550 distance : 0.503 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-550 distance : 0.661 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-550 distance : 0.665 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-550 distance : 1.172 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-550 distance : 1.218 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-550)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-550 and its Exoplanet Kepler-550 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-550 and its Exoplanet Kepler-550 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-550*)
    *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