Imaginary Picture of Kepler-1221 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-1221 b around the hoststar Kepler-1221
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-1221 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19031736+4542428 b, K02397.01, KIC 9269042 b, KOI-2397 b, KOI-2397.01, WISE J190317.37+454242.6 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1680 (Rjup) 1.8831 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0149 (Mjup) 4.7528 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0979 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0329
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 12.00 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.3403
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 44340.2 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 647.7 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 608.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 492.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 770.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 723.3 (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-1221
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19031736+4542428, KIC 9269042, KOI-2397, WISE J190317.37+454242.6"
Star Distance(LY) : 2075.4
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.7 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.6 (GY)
Temperature : 5195 (K)
Spectral type : K0
UV portion[%]: 4.9
Visible portion[%]: 40.1
IR portion[%]: 55.0
Metalicity : 0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 5.1
Apparent Magnitude: 14.1
Right Ascension(RA) 285.8223
Declination (DEC) 45.7119
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "Timothy D. Morton1, Stephen T. Bryson2, Jeffrey L. Coughlin2,3, Jason F. Rowe4, Ganesh Ravichandran5, Erik A. Petigura6,7, Michael R. Haas2, and Natalie M. Batalha8"
Discovery Paper - Title FALSE POSITIVE PROBABILITIES FOR ALL KEPLER OBJECTS OF INTEREST: 1284 NEWLY VALIDATED PLANETS AND 442 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-1221+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-1221%20b/
Kepler-1221 b
Kepler-1221 b

  • Kepler-1221 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-1221, located about 2075.4 light-years (636.3 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-1221 has apparent magnitude of 14.1, with absolute magnitude of 5.1.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5195 with its spectral types of K0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-1221 b orbits around the star Kepler-1221 every 12.0 days with its orbital distance of 0.10 AU ( 14650384.2 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-1221 b around its host star Kepler-1221)


  • The Star Kepler-1221 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.403 AU ( 60350143.5 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.558 AU ( 83419669.7 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.850 AU ( 127113115.8 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.250 AU ( 187052518.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-1221 b : 44340.24 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-1221)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1221 distance : 0.432 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1221 distance : 0.547 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1221 distance : 0.529 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-1221 distance : 0.580 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1221 distance : 0.984 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1221 distance : 1.038 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-1221)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1221 distance : 0.429 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1221 distance : 0.564 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1221 distance : 0.567 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1221 distance : 1.001 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1221 distance : 1.041 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-1221)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1221 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1221 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1221 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1221 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-1221*)
    *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