Imaginary Picture of Kepler-966 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-966 b around the hoststar Kepler-966
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-966 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19490493+5007185 b, K01828.01, KIC 11875734 b, KOI-1828 b, KOI-1828.01, WISE J194904.93+500718.5 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.3680 (Rjup) 4.1249 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0489 (Mjup) 15.5315 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.4237 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.2731
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 99.75 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.9128
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 12736.6 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 474.1 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 445.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 360.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 563.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 529.5 (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-966
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19490493+5007185, KIC 11875734, KOI-1828, WISE J194904.93+500718.5"
Star Distance(LY) : 3351.3
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.4 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.0 (Msun Measured) 1.0 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.1 (GY)
Temperature : 5604 (K)
Spectral type : G2
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 3.1
Apparent Magnitude: 13.1
Right Ascension(RA) 297.2706
Declination (DEC) 50.1218
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 769 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-966&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-966%20b/
Kepler-966 b
Kepler-966 b

  • Kepler-966 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-966, located about 3351.3 light-years (1027.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-966 has apparent magnitude of 13.1, with absolute magnitude of 3.1.
  • It is 1.0 times more massive and 1.4 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5604 with its spectral types of G2
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-966 b orbits around the star Kepler-966 every 99.7 days with its orbital distance of 0.42 AU ( 63387022.7 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-966 b around its host star Kepler-966)


  • The Star Kepler-966 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.935 AU ( 139944896.0 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.293 AU ( 193440418.3 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.970 AU ( 294760389.2 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.899 AU ( 433752825.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-966 b : 12736.58 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-966)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-966 distance : 0.980 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-966 distance : 1.241 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-966 distance : 1.198 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-966 distance : 1.314 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-966 distance : 2.201 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-966 distance : 2.322 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-966)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-966 distance : 0.978 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-966 distance : 1.276 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-966 distance : 1.294 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-966 distance : 2.240 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-966 distance : 2.329 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-966)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-966 and its Exoplanet Kepler-966 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-966 and its Exoplanet Kepler-966 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-966*)
    *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