Imaginary Picture of Kepler-970 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-970 b around the hoststar Kepler-970
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-970 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19183005+4042314 b, K01838.01, KIC 5526527 b, KOI-1838 b, KOI-1838.01, Kepler-970 B b, WISE J191830.04+404231.4
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2470 (Rjup) 2.7686 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0214 (Mjup) 6.8017 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1137 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0458
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 16.74 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.8873
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 14386.2 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 488.8 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 459.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 371.4 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 581.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 545.9 (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-970
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19183005+4042314, KIC 5526527, KOI-1838, Kepler-970 B, WISE J191830.04+404231.4"
Star Distance(LY) : 1081.1
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.7 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.7 (Msun Measured) 0.7 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.7 (GY)
Temperature : 4336 (K)
Spectral type : K4
UV portion[%]: 1.6
Visible portion[%]: 31.3
IR portion[%]: 67.1
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 5.4
Apparent Magnitude: 13.0
Right Ascension(RA) 289.6252
Declination (DEC) 40.7087
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 776 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-970&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-970%20b/
Kepler-970 b
Kepler-970 b

  • Kepler-970 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-970, located about 1081.1 light-years (331.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-970 has apparent magnitude of 13.0, with absolute magnitude of 5.4.
  • It is 0.7 times more massive and 0.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4336 with its spectral types of K4
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-970 b orbits around the star Kepler-970 every 16.7 days with its orbital distance of 0.11 AU ( 17008842.4 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-970 b around its host star Kepler-970)


  • The Star Kepler-970 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.267 AU ( 39909653.7 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.369 AU ( 55165571.1 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.562 AU ( 84060122.2 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.827 AU ( 123698152.2 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-970 b : 14386.19 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-970)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-970 distance : 0.296 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-970 distance : 0.375 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-970 distance : 0.362 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-970 distance : 0.398 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-970 distance : 0.700 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-970 distance : 0.738 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-970)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-970 distance : 0.292 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-970 distance : 0.387 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-970 distance : 0.387 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-970 distance : 0.711 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-970 distance : 0.740 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-970)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-970 and its Exoplanet Kepler-970 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-970 and its Exoplanet Kepler-970 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-970*)
    *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