Imaginary Picture of Kepler-956 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-956 b around the hoststar Kepler-956
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-956 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19300739+4903421 b, K01802.01, KIC 11298298 b, KOI-1802 b, KOI-1802.01, WISE J193007.39+490342.0 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2680 (Rjup) 3.0040 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0231 (Mjup) 7.3380 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0610 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0144
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 5.25 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.8132
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 400015.4 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1122.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1054.1 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 852.9 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1334.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1253.5 (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-956
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19300739+4903421, KIC 11298298, KOI-1802, WISE J193007.39+490342.0"
Star Distance(LY) : 1776.6
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.0 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.1 (Msun Measured) 1.1 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 3.5 (GY)
Temperature : 5918 (K)
Spectral type : G0
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 3.6
Apparent Magnitude: 12.3
Right Ascension(RA) 292.5308
Declination (DEC) 49.0617
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 761 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-956&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-956%20b/
Kepler-956 b
Kepler-956 b

  • Kepler-956 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-956, located about 1776.6 light-years (544.7 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-956 has apparent magnitude of 12.3, with absolute magnitude of 3.6.
  • It is 1.1 times more massive and 1.0 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5918 with its spectral types of G0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-956 b orbits around the star Kepler-956 every 5.2 days with its orbital distance of 0.06 AU ( 9127723.6 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-956 b around its host star Kepler-956)


  • The Star Kepler-956 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.755 AU ( 112935665.4 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.044 AU ( 156106603.1 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.590 AU ( 237871916.9 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.340 AU ( 350038946.2 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-956 b : 400015.37 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-956)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-956 distance : 0.776 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-956 distance : 0.983 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-956 distance : 0.949 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-956 distance : 1.040 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-956 distance : 1.729 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-956 distance : 1.823 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-956)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-956 distance : 0.779 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-956 distance : 1.009 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-956 distance : 1.031 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-956 distance : 1.759 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-956 distance : 1.830 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-956)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-956 and its Exoplanet Kepler-956 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-956 and its Exoplanet Kepler-956 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-956*)
    *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