Imaginary Picture of Kepler-959 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-959 b around the hoststar Kepler-959
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-959 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19284108+4048409 b, K01814.01, KIC 5621125 b, KOI-1814 b, KOI-1814.01, WISE J192841.08+404841.0 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.3910 (Rjup) 4.3827 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0586 (Mjup) 18.6295 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1380 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0405
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 14.80 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.9699
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 317277.3 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1059.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 994.8 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 804.9 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1259.7 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1183.0 (K)
Size Class: 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-959
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19284108+4048409, KIC 5621125, KOI-1814, WISE J192841.08+404841.0"
Star Distance(LY) : 2633.8
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.7 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.6 (Msun Measured) 1.6 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 1.4 (GY)
Temperature : 6375 (K)
Spectral type : F2
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 2.2
Apparent Magnitude: 11.8
Right Ascension(RA) 292.1712
Declination (DEC) 40.8114
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 763 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-959&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-959%20b/
Kepler-959 b
Kepler-959 b

  • Kepler-959 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-959, located about 2633.8 light-years (807.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-959 has apparent magnitude of 11.8, with absolute magnitude of 2.2.
  • It is 1.6 times more massive and 1.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6375 with its spectral types of F2
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-959 b orbits around the star Kepler-959 every 14.8 days with its orbital distance of 0.14 AU ( 20642440.4 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-959 b around its host star Kepler-959)


  • The Star Kepler-959 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.520 AU ( 227463034.3 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.102 AU ( 314413356.6 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 3.203 AU ( 479096375.9 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 4.713 AU ( 705011305.1 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-959 b : 317277.29 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-959)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-959 distance : 1.520 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-959 distance : 1.925 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-959 distance : 1.859 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-959 distance : 2.037 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-959 distance : 3.355 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-959 distance : 3.539 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-959)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-959 distance : 1.542 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-959 distance : 1.974 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-959 distance : 2.040 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-959 distance : 3.416 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-959 distance : 3.552 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-959)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-959 and its Exoplanet Kepler-959 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-959 and its Exoplanet Kepler-959 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-959*)
    *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