Imaginary Picture of Kepler-946 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-946 b around the hoststar Kepler-946
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-946 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J20034310+4401436 b, K01746.01, KIC 8197343 b, KOI-1746 b, KOI-1746.01, WISE J200343.09+440143.4 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) 0.0993 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0323
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 11.79 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.3070
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 172560.7 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 909.7 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 854.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 691.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1081.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1015.9 (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-946
Alternate Name : "2MASS J20034310+4401436, KIC 8197343, KOI-1746, WISE J200343.09+440143.4"
Star Distance(LY) : 3708.9
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.2 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.2 (GY)
Temperature : 5619 (K)
Spectral type : G5
UV portion[%]: 7.5
Visible portion[%]: 44.2
IR portion[%]: 48.3
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 3.5
Apparent Magnitude: 13.7
Right Ascension(RA) 300.9296
Declination (DEC) 44.0288
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 760 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-946&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-946%20b/
Kepler-946 b
Kepler-946 b

  • Kepler-946 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-946, located about 3708.9 light-years (1137.1 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-946 has apparent magnitude of 13.7, with absolute magnitude of 3.5.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 1.2 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5619 with its spectral types of G5
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-946 b orbits around the star Kepler-946 every 11.8 days with its orbital distance of 0.10 AU ( 14857885.4 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-946 b around its host star Kepler-946)


  • The Star Kepler-946 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.807 AU ( 120741949.6 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.116 AU ( 166896928.0 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.700 AU ( 254313984.0 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.502 AU ( 374234168.2 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-946 b : 172560.65 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-946)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-946 distance : 0.844 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-946 distance : 1.069 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-946 distance : 1.033 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-946 distance : 1.133 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-946 distance : 1.897 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-946 distance : 2.001 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-946)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-946 distance : 0.843 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-946 distance : 1.099 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-946 distance : 1.115 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-946 distance : 1.930 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-946 distance : 2.007 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-946)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-946 and its Exoplanet Kepler-946 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-946 and its Exoplanet Kepler-946 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-946*)
    *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