Imaginary Picture of Kepler-915 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-915 b around the hoststar Kepler-915
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-915 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19222209+4544136 b, K01632.01, KIC 9277896 b, KOI-1632 b, KOI-1632.01, WISE J192222.10+454413.9 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1340 (Rjup) 1.5020 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0135 (Mjup) 4.2770 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0576 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0126
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 4.59 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.8958
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 1113064.2 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1449.7 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1361.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 1101.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1724.0 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1619.0 (K)
Size Class: super-Earth-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-915
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19222209+4544136, KIC 9277896, KOI-1632, WISE J192222.10+454413.9"
Star Distance(LY) : 2767.5
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.5 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.2 (Msun Measured) 1.2 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 3.4 (GY)
Temperature : 6081 (K)
Spectral type : G0
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 2.7
Apparent Magnitude: 12.3
Right Ascension(RA) 290.5921
Declination (DEC) 45.7371
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 746 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-915&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-915%20b/
Kepler-915 b
Kepler-915 b

  • Kepler-915 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-915, located about 2767.5 light-years (848.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-915 has apparent magnitude of 12.3, with absolute magnitude of 2.7.
  • It is 1.2 times more massive and 1.5 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6081 with its spectral types of G0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-915 b orbits around the star Kepler-915 every 4.6 days with its orbital distance of 0.06 AU ( 8622717.9 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-915 b around its host star Kepler-915)


  • The Star Kepler-915 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.190 AU ( 177964989.4 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.644 AU ( 245994123.1 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.506 AU ( 374840605.2 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 3.687 AU ( 551594371.3 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-915 b : 1113064.16 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-915)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-915 distance : 1.211 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-915 distance : 1.533 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-915 distance : 1.480 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-915 distance : 1.623 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-915 distance : 2.687 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-915 distance : 2.834 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-915)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-915 distance : 1.220 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-915 distance : 1.574 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-915 distance : 1.614 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-915 distance : 2.735 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-915 distance : 2.845 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-915)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-915 and its Exoplanet Kepler-915 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-915 and its Exoplanet Kepler-915 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-915*)
    *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