Imaginary Picture of Kepler-738 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-738 b around the hoststar Kepler-738
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-738 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19101671+4634042 b, K00948.01, KIC 9761882 b, KOI-948 b, KOI-948.01, WISE J191016.71+463404.3 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2230 (Rjup) 2.4996 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0195 (Mjup) 6.1849 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1574 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0673
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 24.59 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.9899
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 36739.3 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 617.9 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 580.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 469.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 734.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 690.1 (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-738
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19101671+4634042, KIC 9761882, KOI-948, WISE J191016.71+463404.3"
Star Distance(LY) : 3638.0
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.9 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.6 (GY)
Temperature : 5468 (K)
Spectral type : K0
UV portion[%]: 6.0
Visible portion[%]: 41.7
IR portion[%]: 52.3
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 4.1
Apparent Magnitude: 14.3
Right Ascension(RA) 287.5697
Declination (DEC) 46.5679
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 631 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-738&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-738%20b/
Kepler-738 b
Kepler-738 b

  • Kepler-738 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-738, located about 3638.0 light-years (1115.4 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-738 has apparent magnitude of 14.3, with absolute magnitude of 4.1.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5468 with its spectral types of K0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-738 b orbits around the star Kepler-738 every 24.6 days with its orbital distance of 0.16 AU ( 23541690.6 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-738 b around its host star Kepler-738)


  • The Star Kepler-738 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.590 AU ( 88274141.2 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.816 AU ( 122017932.0 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.243 AU ( 185928325.8 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.829 AU ( 273601676.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-738 b : 36739.32 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-738)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-738 distance : 0.623 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-738 distance : 0.789 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-738 distance : 0.762 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-738 distance : 0.835 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-738 distance : 1.405 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-738 distance : 1.482 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-738)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-738 distance : 0.620 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-738 distance : 0.811 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-738 distance : 0.820 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-738 distance : 1.430 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-738 distance : 1.487 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-738)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-738 and its Exoplanet Kepler-738 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-738 and its Exoplanet Kepler-738 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-738*)
    *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