Imaginary Picture of Kepler-918 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-918 b around the hoststar Kepler-918
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-918 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19524817+4816042 b, K01641.01, KIC 10879038 b, KOI-1641 b, KOI-1641.01, WISE J195248.17+481604.2 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1550 (Rjup) 1.7374 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0139 (Mjup) 4.4098 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0581 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0133
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 4.85 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.4609
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 339384.5 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1077.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1011.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 818.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1281.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1203.1 (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-918
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19524817+4816042, KIC 10879038, KOI-1641, WISE J195248.17+481604.2"
Star Distance(LY) : 3345.6
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.9 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.1 (Msun Measured) 1.1 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 3.2 (GY)
Temperature : 5776 (K)
Spectral type : G0
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 3.7
Apparent Magnitude: 13.8
Right Ascension(RA) 298.2007
Declination (DEC) 48.2678
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 749 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-918&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-918%20b/
Kepler-918 b
Kepler-918 b

  • Kepler-918 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-918, located about 3345.6 light-years (1025.8 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-918 has apparent magnitude of 13.8, with absolute magnitude of 3.7.
  • It is 1.1 times more massive and 0.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5776 with its spectral types of G0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-918 b orbits around the star Kepler-918 every 4.9 days with its orbital distance of 0.06 AU ( 8690237.4 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-918 b around its host star Kepler-918)


  • The Star Kepler-918 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.662 AU ( 99039389.6 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.915 AU ( 136898318.6 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.394 AU ( 208602742.0 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.052 AU ( 306968073.1 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-918 b : 339384.52 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-918)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-918 distance : 0.686 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-918 distance : 0.869 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-918 distance : 0.839 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-918 distance : 0.920 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-918 distance : 1.535 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-918 distance : 1.619 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-918)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-918 distance : 0.687 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-918 distance : 0.893 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-918 distance : 0.909 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-918 distance : 1.562 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-918 distance : 1.624 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-918)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-918 and its Exoplanet Kepler-918 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-918 and its Exoplanet Kepler-918 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-918*)
    *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