Imaginary Picture of Kepler-1506 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-1506 b around the hoststar Kepler-1506
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-1506 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19203597+4127525 b, K03458.01, KIC 6118370 b, KOI-3458 b, KOI-3458.01, WISE J192035.97+412752.5 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1180 (Rjup) 1.3227 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0084 (Mjup) 2.6861 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1119 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0384
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 14.03 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.5354
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 351324.2 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1086.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1020.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 825.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1292.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1213.5 (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-1506
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19203597+4127525, KIC 6118370, KOI-3458, WISE J192035.97+412752.5"
Star Distance(LY) : 7777.5
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.6 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 1.0 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.0 (GY)
Temperature : 6070 (K)
Spectral type : G5
UV portion[%]: 0.3
Visible portion[%]: 1.5
IR portion[%]: 98.2
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 2.6
Apparent Magnitude: 14.5
Right Ascension(RA) 290.1499
Declination (DEC) 41.4646
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-1506+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-1506%20b/
Kepler-1506 b
Kepler-1506 b

  • Kepler-1506 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-1506, located about 7777.5 light-years (2384.6 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-1506 has apparent magnitude of 14.5, with absolute magnitude of 2.6.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 1.6 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6070 with its spectral types of G5
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-1506 b orbits around the star Kepler-1506 every 14.0 days with its orbital distance of 0.11 AU ( 16744482.7 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-1506 b around its host star Kepler-1506)


  • The Star Kepler-1506 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.298 AU ( 194158333.6 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.794 AU ( 268377556.6 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.734 AU ( 408948004.5 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 4.023 AU ( 601784903.5 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-1506 b : 351324.16 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-1506)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1506 distance : 1.322 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1506 distance : 1.674 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-1506 distance : 1.616 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-1506 distance : 1.772 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1506 distance : 2.934 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1506 distance : 3.095 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-1506)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-1506 distance : 1.331 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1506 distance : 1.718 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1506 distance : 1.762 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-1506 distance : 2.987 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-1506 distance : 3.106 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-1506)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1506 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1506 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-1506 and its Exoplanet Kepler-1506 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-1506*)
    *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