Imaginary Picture of Kepler-118 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-118 b around the hoststar Kepler-118
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-118 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19565115+4125293 b, K00216.02, KIC 6152974 b, KOI-216 b, KOI-216.02, WISE J195651.16+412529.2 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1750 (Rjup) 1.9616 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0155 (Mjup) 4.9367 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0730 (AU) 0.0730 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0206
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 7.52 (Days Obs.) 7.77 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.2830
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 100455.8 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 794.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 746.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 603.7 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 944.9 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 887.4 (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-118
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19565115+4125293, KIC 6152974, KOI-216, WISE J195651.16+412529.2"
Star Distance(LY) : 1872.2
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.0 (GY)
Temperature : 5057 (K)
Spectral type : K0
UV portion[%]: 3.6
Visible portion[%]: 37.8
IR portion[%]: 58.6
Metalicity : 0.2
Absolute Magnitude: 4.5
Apparent Magnitude: 13.2
Right Ascension(RA) 299.2132
Declination (DEC) 41.4248
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors 0
Discovery Paper - Title
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-118+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-118%20b/
Kepler-118 b
Kepler-118 b

  • Kepler-118 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-118, located about 1872.2 light-years (574.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2014.
  • The host star Kepler-118 has apparent magnitude of 13.2, with absolute magnitude of 4.5.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5057 with its spectral types of K0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-118 b orbits around the star Kepler-118 every 7.5 days with its orbital distance of 0.07 AU ( 10920644.6 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-118 b around its host star Kepler-118)


  • The Star Kepler-118 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.453 AU ( 67712067.8 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.626 AU ( 93595772.9 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.953 AU ( 142619245.2 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.403 AU ( 209870467.1 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-118 b : 100455.80 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-118)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-118 distance : 0.488 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-118 distance : 0.618 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-118 distance : 0.597 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-118 distance : 0.655 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-118 distance : 1.118 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-118 distance : 1.179 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-118)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-118 distance : 0.483 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-118 distance : 0.637 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-118 distance : 0.640 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-118 distance : 1.137 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-118 distance : 1.182 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-118)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-118 and its Exoplanet Kepler-118 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-118 and its Exoplanet Kepler-118 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-118*)
    *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