Imaginary Picture of Kepler-1012 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-1012 b around the hoststar Kepler-1012
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-1012 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19171110+4627286 b, K01913.01, KIC 9704384 b, KOI-1913 b, KOI-1913.01, WISE J191711.09+462728.6 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1150 (Rjup) 1.2890 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0077 (Mjup) 2.4457 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0600 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0151
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 5.51 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.4719
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 249065.2 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 997.1 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 936.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 757.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1185.7 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1113.5 (K)
Size Class: super-Earth-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-1012
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19171110+4627286, KIC 9704384, KOI-1913, WISE J191711.09+462728.6"
Star Distance(LY) : 1340.2
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.9 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 1.0 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 3.7 (GY)
Temperature : 5500 (K)
Spectral type : G6
UV portion[%]: 6.9
Visible portion[%]: 43.2
IR portion[%]: 49.9
Metalicity : 0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 4.0
Apparent Magnitude: 12.1
Right Ascension(RA) 289.2963
Declination (DEC) 46.4580
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. Batalha2"
Discovery Paper - Title FALSE POSITIVE PROBABILITIES FOR ALL KEPLER OBJECTS OF INTEREST: 1284 NEWLY VALIDATED PLANETS AND 428 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-1012+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-1012%20b/
Kepler-1012 b
Kepler-1012 b

  • Kepler-1012 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-1012, located about 1340.2 light-years (410.9 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-1012 has apparent magnitude of 12.1, with absolute magnitude of 4.0.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5500 with its spectral types of G6
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-1012 b orbits around the star Kepler-1012 every 5.5 days with its orbital distance of 0.06 AU ( 8977061.2 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-1012 b around its host star Kepler-1012)


  • The Star Kepler-1012 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.586 AU ( 87643761.9 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.810 AU ( 121146583.0 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.234 AU ( 184600582.8 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.816 AU ( 271647844.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-1012 b : 249065.20 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-1012)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1012 distance : 0.617 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1012 distance : 0.782 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1012 distance : 0.755 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-1012 distance : 0.828 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1012 distance : 1.391 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1012 distance : 1.468 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-1012)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1012 distance : 0.615 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1012 distance : 0.804 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1012 distance : 0.814 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1012 distance : 1.415 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1012 distance : 1.472 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-1012)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1012 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1012 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1012 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1012 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-1012*)
    *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