Imaginary Picture of Kepler-612 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-612 b around the hoststar Kepler-612
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-612 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19252511+4544524 b, K00585.01, KIC 9279669 b, KOI-585 b, KOI-585.01, WISE J192525.10+454452.3 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2530 (Rjup) 2.8359 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0219 (Mjup) 6.9552 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0467 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0102
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 3.72 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.8648
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 1277924.8 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1500.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1409.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 1140.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1784.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1675.9 (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-612
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19252511+4544524, KIC 9279669, KOI-585, WISE J192525.10+454452.3"
Star Distance(LY) : 4720.8
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.5 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.0 (Msun Measured) 1.0 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.5 (GY)
Temperature : 5620 (K)
Spectral type : G4
UV portion[%]: 7.3
Visible portion[%]: 44.0
IR portion[%]: 48.7
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 2.9
Apparent Magnitude: 13.7
Right Ascension(RA) 291.3546
Declination (DEC) 45.7479
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 531 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-612+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-612%20b/
Kepler-612 b
Kepler-612 b

  • Kepler-612 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-612, located about 4720.8 light-years (1447.4 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-612 has apparent magnitude of 13.7, with absolute magnitude of 2.9.
  • It is 1.0 times more massive and 1.5 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5620 with its spectral types of G4
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-612 b orbits around the star Kepler-612 every 3.7 days with its orbital distance of 0.05 AU ( 6984527.5 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-612 b around its host star Kepler-612)


  • The Star Kepler-612 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.033 AU ( 154461405.9 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.427 AU ( 213506028.5 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.175 AU ( 325335938.7 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 3.200 AU ( 478746085.8 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-612 b : 1277924.83 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-612)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-612 distance : 1.080 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-612 distance : 1.368 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-612 distance : 1.321 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-612 distance : 1.449 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-612 distance : 2.426 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-612 distance : 2.559 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-612)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-612 distance : 1.078 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-612 distance : 1.406 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-612 distance : 1.427 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-612 distance : 2.469 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-612 distance : 2.567 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-612)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-612 and its Exoplanet Kepler-612 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-612 and its Exoplanet Kepler-612 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-612*)
    *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