Imaginary Picture of Kepler-1126 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-1126 b around the hoststar Kepler-1126
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-1126 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19024607+4541218 b, K02162.01, KIC 9205938 b, KOI-2162 b, KOI-2162.01, WISE J190246.07+454121.8 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1540 (Rjup) 1.7262 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0138 (Mjup) 4.3833 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.4332 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.2973
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 108.59 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.4711
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 5635.6 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 386.7 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 363.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 293.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 459.9 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 431.9 (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-1126
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19024607+4541218, KIC 9205938, KOI-2162, WISE J190246.07+454121.8"
Star Distance(LY) : 2072.6
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.9 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 5.5 (GY)
Temperature : 5644 (K)
Spectral type : G2
UV portion[%]: 7.4
Visible portion[%]: 44.1
IR portion[%]: 48.4
Metalicity : -0.3
Absolute Magnitude: 4.0
Apparent Magnitude: 13.0
Right Ascension(RA) 285.6920
Declination (DEC) 45.6894
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-1126+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-1126%20b/
Kepler-1126 b
Kepler-1126 b

  • Kepler-1126 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-1126, located about 2072.6 light-years (635.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-1126 has apparent magnitude of 13.0, 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 5644 with its spectral types of G2
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-1126 b orbits around the star Kepler-1126 every 108.6 days with its orbital distance of 0.43 AU ( 64813175.9 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-1126 b around its host star Kepler-1126)


  • The Star Kepler-1126 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.636 AU ( 95183801.0 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.879 AU ( 131568887.5 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.340 AU ( 200481868.4 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.972 AU ( 295017851.9 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-1126 b : 5635.58 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-1126)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1126 distance : 0.665 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1126 distance : 0.842 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1126 distance : 0.813 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-1126 distance : 0.891 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1126 distance : 1.492 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1126 distance : 1.574 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-1126)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1126 distance : 0.664 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1126 distance : 0.865 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1126 distance : 0.878 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1126 distance : 1.518 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1126 distance : 1.579 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-1126)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1126 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1126 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1126 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1126 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-1126*)
    *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