Imaginary Picture of Kepler-687 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-687 b around the hoststar Kepler-687
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-687 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19171570+3909118 b, K00811.01, KIC 4049131 b, KOI-811 b, KOI-811.01"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.3140 (Rjup) 3.5196 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0267 (Mjup) 8.5027 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1344 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0561
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 20.51 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.6864
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 20797.2 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 536.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 503.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 407.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 637.4 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 598.6 (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-687
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19171570+3909118, KIC 4049131, KOI-811"
Star Distance(LY) : 2066.7
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.7 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.8 (Msun Measured) 0.8 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 5.5 (GY)
Temperature : 4903 (K)
Spectral type : K3
UV portion[%]: 2.6
Visible portion[%]: 35.7
IR portion[%]: 61.7
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 4.8
Apparent Magnitude: 13.8
Right Ascension(RA) 289.3155
Declination (DEC) 39.1533
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 589 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-687+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-687%20b/
Kepler-687 b
Kepler-687 b

  • Kepler-687 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-687, located about 2066.7 light-years (633.7 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-687 has apparent magnitude of 13.8, with absolute magnitude of 4.8.
  • It is 0.8 times more massive and 0.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4903 with its spectral types of K3
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-687 b orbits around the star Kepler-687 every 20.5 days with its orbital distance of 0.13 AU ( 20103930.2 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-687 b around its host star Kepler-687)


  • The Star Kepler-687 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.379 AU ( 56717003.5 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.524 AU ( 78397720.8 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.799 AU ( 119460777.2 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.175 AU ( 175791766.8 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-687 b : 20797.16 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-687)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-687 distance : 0.412 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-687 distance : 0.522 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-687 distance : 0.504 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-687 distance : 0.553 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-687 distance : 0.949 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-687 distance : 1.001 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-687)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-687 distance : 0.407 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-687 distance : 0.538 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-687 distance : 0.539 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-687 distance : 0.965 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-687 distance : 1.004 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-687)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-687 and its Exoplanet Kepler-687 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-687 and its Exoplanet Kepler-687 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-687*)
    *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