Imaginary Picture of Kepler-971 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-971 b around the hoststar Kepler-971
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-971 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J18562270+4110581 b, K01839.01, KIC 5856571 b, KOI-1839 b, KOI-1839.01, WISE J185622.69+411058.1 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1900 (Rjup) 2.1297 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0168 (Mjup) 5.3291 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0847 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0263
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 9.59 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.1749
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 107891.9 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 808.9 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 759.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 614.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 961.9 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 903.4 (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-971
Alternate Name : "2MASS J18562270+4110581, KIC 5856571, KOI-1839, WISE J185622.69+411058.1"
Star Distance(LY) : 1104.6
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.5 (GY)
Temperature : 5517 (K)
Spectral type : G7
UV portion[%]: 6.6
Visible portion[%]: 42.7
IR portion[%]: 50.7
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 4.3
Apparent Magnitude: 11.9
Right Ascension(RA) 284.0946
Declination (DEC) 41.1828
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 777 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-971&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-971%20b/
Kepler-971 b
Kepler-971 b

  • Kepler-971 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-971, located about 1104.6 light-years (338.7 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-971 has apparent magnitude of 11.9, with absolute magnitude of 4.3.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5517 with its spectral types of G7
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-971 b orbits around the star Kepler-971 every 9.6 days with its orbital distance of 0.08 AU ( 12664651.4 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-971 b around its host star Kepler-971)


  • The Star Kepler-971 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.544 AU ( 81380064.4 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.752 AU ( 112488516.1 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.146 AU ( 171407604.9 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.686 AU ( 252233799.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-971 b : 107891.94 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-971)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-971 distance : 0.573 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-971 distance : 0.725 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-971 distance : 0.700 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-971 distance : 0.768 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-971 distance : 1.290 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-971 distance : 1.361 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-971)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-971 distance : 0.571 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-971 distance : 0.746 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-971 distance : 0.755 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-971 distance : 1.312 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-971 distance : 1.365 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-971)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-971 and its Exoplanet Kepler-971 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-971 and its Exoplanet Kepler-971 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-971*)
    *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