Imaginary Picture of Kepler-1259 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-1259 b around the hoststar Kepler-1259
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-1259 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19512195+4658036 b, K02493.01, KIC 10028535 b, KOI-2493 b, KOI-2493.01, WISE J195121.90+465803.7 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1280 (Rjup) 1.4348 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0114 (Mjup) 3.6156 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0138 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0018
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 0.66 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.7564
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 3504035.6 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1931.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1813.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 1467.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 2296.4 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 2156.5 (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-1259
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19512195+4658036, KIC 10028535, KOI-2493, WISE J195121.90+465803.7"
Star Distance(LY) : 2627.2
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.9 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.8 (Msun Measured) 0.8 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 5.2 (GY)
Temperature : 5172 (K)
Spectral type : K1
UV portion[%]: 4.7
Visible portion[%]: 39.7
IR portion[%]: 55.6
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 4.3
Apparent Magnitude: 13.9
Right Ascension(RA) 297.8415
Declination (DEC) 46.9677
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. Batalha18"
Discovery Paper - Title FALSE POSITIVE PROBABILITIES FOR ALL KEPLER OBJECTS OF INTEREST: 1284 NEWLY VALIDATED PLANETS AND 452 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-1259+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-1259%20b/
Kepler-1259 b
Kepler-1259 b

  • Kepler-1259 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-1259, located about 2627.2 light-years (805.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-1259 has apparent magnitude of 13.9, with absolute magnitude of 4.3.
  • It is 0.8 times more massive and 0.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5172 with its spectral types of K1
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-1259 b orbits around the star Kepler-1259 every 0.7 days with its orbital distance of 0.01 AU ( 2066687.6 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-1259 b around its host star Kepler-1259)


  • The Star Kepler-1259 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.506 AU ( 75681440.3 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.699 AU ( 104611528.4 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.066 AU ( 159404818.8 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.568 AU ( 234571174.0 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-1259 b : 3504035.57 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-1259)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1259 distance : 0.543 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1259 distance : 0.687 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1259 distance : 0.664 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-1259 distance : 0.728 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1259 distance : 1.237 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1259 distance : 1.305 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-1259)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1259 distance : 0.538 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1259 distance : 0.708 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1259 distance : 0.712 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1259 distance : 1.258 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1259 distance : 1.308 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-1259)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1259 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1259 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1259 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1259 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-1259*)
    *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