Imaginary Picture of Kepler-991 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-991 b around the hoststar Kepler-991
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-991 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19482175+4937356 b, K01876.01, KIC 11622600 b, KOI-1876 b, KOI-1876.01, WISE J194821.73+493735.4 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2270 (Rjup) 2.5444 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0198 (Mjup) 6.2880 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.3197 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.2260
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 82.53 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.9712
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 1762.2 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 289.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 271.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 219.7 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 343.9 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 322.9 (K)
Size Class: sub-Neptune-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Primary Transit
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : Kepler-991
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19482175+4937356, KIC 11622600, KOI-1876, WISE J194821.73+493735.4"
Star Distance(LY) : 1270.3
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.7 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.6 (Msun Measured) 0.6 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 3.5 (GY)
Temperature : 4318 (K)
Spectral type : K5
UV portion[%]: 1.2
Visible portion[%]: 29.2
IR portion[%]: 69.6
Metalicity : -0.2
Absolute Magnitude: 5.4
Apparent Magnitude: 13.3
Right Ascension(RA) 297.0907
Declination (DEC) 49.6266
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 798 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-991&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-991%20b/
Kepler-991 b
Kepler-991 b

  • Kepler-991 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-991, located about 1270.3 light-years (389.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-991 has apparent magnitude of 13.3, with absolute magnitude of 5.4.
  • It is 0.6 times more massive and 0.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4318 with its spectral types of K5
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-991 b orbits around the star Kepler-991 every 82.5 days with its orbital distance of 0.32 AU ( 47827909.6 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-991 b around its host star Kepler-991)


  • The Star Kepler-991 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.263 AU ( 39276858.6 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.363 AU ( 54290882.8 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.553 AU ( 82727290.9 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.814 AU ( 121736832.6 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-991 b : 1762.18 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-991)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-991 distance : 0.292 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-991 distance : 0.369 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-991 distance : 0.357 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-991 distance : 0.392 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-991 distance : 0.690 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-991 distance : 0.728 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-991)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-991 distance : 0.288 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-991 distance : 0.381 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-991 distance : 0.381 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-991 distance : 0.701 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-991 distance : 0.729 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-991)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-991 and its Exoplanet Kepler-991 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-991 and its Exoplanet Kepler-991 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-991*)
    *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