Imaginary Picture of Kepler-1277 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-1277 b around the hoststar Kepler-1277
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-1277 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19402457+4034206 b, K02556.01, KIC 5374403 b, KOI-2556 b, KOI-2556.01, WISE J194024.59+403420.5 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1430 (Rjup) 1.6029 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0129 (Mjup) 4.0914 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.2273 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.1118
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 40.84 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.5925
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 16023.8 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 502.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 471.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 381.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 597.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 560.8 (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-1277
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19402457+4034206, KIC 5374403, KOI-2556, WISE J194024.59+403420.5"
Star Distance(LY) : 1816.6
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.9 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 5.0 (GY)
Temperature : 5478 (K)
Spectral type : G6
UV portion[%]: 6.8
Visible portion[%]: 43.1
IR portion[%]: 50.1
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 4.1
Apparent Magnitude: 12.9
Right Ascension(RA) 295.1024
Declination (DEC) 40.5724
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. Batalha14"
Discovery Paper - Title FALSE POSITIVE PROBABILITIES FOR ALL KEPLER OBJECTS OF INTEREST: 1284 NEWLY VALIDATED PLANETS AND 448 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-1277+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-1277%20b/
Kepler-1277 b
Kepler-1277 b

  • Kepler-1277 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-1277, located about 1816.6 light-years (557.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-1277 has apparent magnitude of 12.9, with absolute magnitude of 4.1.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5478 with its spectral types of G6
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-1277 b orbits around the star Kepler-1277 every 40.8 days with its orbital distance of 0.23 AU ( 34010020.8 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-1277 b around its host star Kepler-1277)


  • The Star Kepler-1277 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.563 AU ( 84220935.3 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.778 AU ( 116415342.2 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.186 AU ( 177391218.9 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.745 AU ( 261038949.6 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-1277 b : 16023.81 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-1277)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1277 distance : 0.594 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1277 distance : 0.752 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1277 distance : 0.726 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-1277 distance : 0.797 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1277 distance : 1.340 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1277 distance : 1.413 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-1277)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1277 distance : 0.591 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1277 distance : 0.774 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1277 distance : 0.782 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1277 distance : 1.363 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1277 distance : 1.417 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-1277)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1277 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1277 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1277 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1277 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-1277*)
    *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