Imaginary Picture of Kepler-726 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-726 b around the hoststar Kepler-726
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-726 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19265215+4453143 b, K00920.01, KIC 8689031 b, KOI-920 b, KOI-920.01, WISE J192652.13+445314.3 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2910 (Rjup) 3.2618 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0249 (Mjup) 7.9219 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1464 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0597
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 21.80 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.7446
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 31865.9 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 596.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 560.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 453.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 709.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 666.0 (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-726
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19265215+4453143, KIC 8689031, KOI-920, WISE J192652.13+445314.3"
Star Distance(LY) : 2485.4
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.5 (GY)
Temperature : 5493 (K)
Spectral type : G7
UV portion[%]: 6.7
Visible portion[%]: 42.9
IR portion[%]: 50.5
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 4.4
Apparent Magnitude: 13.8
Right Ascension(RA) 291.7173
Declination (DEC) 44.8873
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 618 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-726&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-726%20b/
Kepler-726 b
Kepler-726 b

  • Kepler-726 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-726, located about 2485.4 light-years (762.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-726 has apparent magnitude of 13.8, with absolute magnitude of 4.4.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5493 with its spectral types of G7
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-726 b orbits around the star Kepler-726 every 21.8 days with its orbital distance of 0.15 AU ( 21897290.8 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-726 b around its host star Kepler-726)


  • The Star Kepler-726 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.511 AU ( 76468762.8 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.707 AU ( 105699813.8 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.077 AU ( 161063125.0 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.584 AU ( 237011444.1 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-726 b : 31865.94 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-726)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-726 distance : 0.539 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-726 distance : 0.682 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-726 distance : 0.659 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-726 distance : 0.723 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-726 distance : 1.215 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-726 distance : 1.281 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-726)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-726 distance : 0.537 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-726 distance : 0.702 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-726 distance : 0.710 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-726 distance : 1.236 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-726 distance : 1.285 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-726)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-726 and its Exoplanet Kepler-726 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-726 and its Exoplanet Kepler-726 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-726*)
    *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