Imaginary Picture of Kepler-621 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-621 b around the hoststar Kepler-621
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-621 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19234254+3954509 b, K00605.01, KIC 4832837 b, KOI-605 b, KOI-605.01, WISE J192342.54+395450.9 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2050 (Rjup) 2.2978 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0180 (Mjup) 5.7193 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0334 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0072
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 2.63 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.0832
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 82079.0 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 755.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 709.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 574.0 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 898.4 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 843.7 (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-621
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19234254+3954509, KIC 4832837, KOI-605, WISE J192342.54+395450.9"
Star Distance(LY) : 800.2
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.6 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.7 (Msun Measured) 0.7 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 3.6 (GY)
Temperature : 3939 (K)
Spectral type : K4
UV portion[%]: 1.6
Visible portion[%]: 31.4
IR portion[%]: 66.9
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 6.2
Apparent Magnitude: 13.2
Right Ascension(RA) 290.9273
Declination (DEC) 39.9141
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 541 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-621+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-621%20b/
Kepler-621 b
Kepler-621 b

  • Kepler-621 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-621, located about 800.2 light-years (245.3 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-621 has apparent magnitude of 13.2, with absolute magnitude of 6.2.
  • It is 0.7 times more massive and 0.6 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 3939 with its spectral types of K4
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-621 b orbits around the star Kepler-621 every 2.6 days with its orbital distance of 0.03 AU ( 4997339.6 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-621 b around its host star Kepler-621)


  • The Star Kepler-621 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.187 AU ( 28008204.5 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.259 AU ( 38714658.1 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.394 AU ( 58992571.4 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.580 AU ( 86810153.1 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-621 b : 82079.03 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-621)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-621 distance : 0.210 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-621 distance : 0.266 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-621 distance : 0.257 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-621 distance : 0.282 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-621 distance : 0.506 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-621 distance : 0.534 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-621)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-621 distance : 0.208 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-621 distance : 0.275 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-621 distance : 0.275 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-621 distance : 0.514 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-621 distance : 0.535 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-621)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-621 and its Exoplanet Kepler-621 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-621 and its Exoplanet Kepler-621 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-621*)
    *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