Imaginary Picture of Kepler-878 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-878 b around the hoststar Kepler-878
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-878 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19011108+4636123 b, K01521.01, KIC 9818462 b, KOI-1521 b, KOI-1521.01, WISE J190111.10+463612.4 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1720 (Rjup) 1.9279 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0153 (Mjup) 4.8579 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1599 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0710
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 25.94 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.3070
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 39318.8 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 628.5 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 590.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 477.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 747.4 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 701.9 (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-878
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19011108+4636123, KIC 9818462, KOI-1521, WISE J190111.10+463612.4"
Star Distance(LY) : 2591.7
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.1 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.8 (Msun Measured) 0.8 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.6 (GY)
Temperature : 5170 (K)
Spectral type : K1
UV portion[%]: 3.5
Visible portion[%]: 37.6
IR portion[%]: 58.9
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 3.9
Apparent Magnitude: 13.4
Right Ascension(RA) 285.2962
Declination (DEC) 46.6034
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 724 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-878&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-878%20b/
Kepler-878 b
Kepler-878 b

  • Kepler-878 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-878, located about 2591.7 light-years (794.6 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-878 has apparent magnitude of 13.4, with absolute magnitude of 3.9.
  • It is 0.8 times more massive and 1.1 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5170 with its spectral types of K1
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-878 b orbits around the star Kepler-878 every 25.9 days with its orbital distance of 0.16 AU ( 23916530.3 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-878 b around its host star Kepler-878)


  • The Star Kepler-878 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.620 AU ( 92774510.1 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.857 AU ( 128238617.8 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.306 AU ( 195407274.3 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.922 AU ( 287550364.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-878 b : 39318.81 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-878)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-878 distance : 0.665 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-878 distance : 0.842 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-878 distance : 0.814 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-878 distance : 0.893 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-878 distance : 1.517 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-878 distance : 1.600 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-878)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-878 distance : 0.659 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-878 distance : 0.867 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-878 distance : 0.873 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-878 distance : 1.542 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-878 distance : 1.604 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-878)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-878 and its Exoplanet Kepler-878 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-878 and its Exoplanet Kepler-878 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-878*)
    *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