Imaginary Picture of Kepler-196 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-196 b around the hoststar Kepler-196
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-196 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J18595244+4204451 b, K00612.01, KIC 6587002 b, KOI-612 b, KOI-612.01, WISE J185952.44+420444.9 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1700 (Rjup) 1.9055 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0151 (Mjup) 4.8054 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.1380 (AU) 0.1380 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0568
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 20.74 (Days Obs.) 20.68 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.3234
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 28111.2 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 577.9 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 542.7 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 439.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 687.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 645.4 (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-196
Alternate Name : "2MASS J18595244+4204451, KIC 6587002, KOI-612, WISE J185952.44+420444.9"
Star Distance(LY) : 1471.4
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.8 (Msun Measured) 0.8 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.0 (GY)
Temperature : 5146 (K)
Spectral type : K1
UV portion[%]: 4.4
Visible portion[%]: 39.3
IR portion[%]: 56.3
Metalicity : 0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 4.5
Apparent Magnitude: 12.8
Right Ascension(RA) 284.9685
Declination (DEC) 42.0792
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-196+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-196%20b/
Kepler-196 b
Kepler-196 b
  • Kepler-196 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-196, located about 1471.4 light-years (451.1 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2014.
  • The host star Kepler-196 has apparent magnitude of 12.8, with absolute magnitude of 4.5.
  • It is 0.8 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5146 with its spectral types of K1
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-196 b orbits around the star Kepler-196 every 20.7 days with its orbital distance of 0.14 AU ( 20644506.2 km)
    • (Projected orbit of Kepler-196 b around its host star Kepler-196)


  • The Star Kepler-196 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.453 AU ( 67713409.1 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.626 AU ( 93597627.0 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.953 AU ( 142622070.5 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.403 AU ( 209874624.6 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-196 b : 28111.23 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-196)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-196 distance : 0.486 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-196 distance : 0.616 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-196 distance : 0.595 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-196 distance : 0.652 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-196 distance : 1.109 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-196 distance : 1.170 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-196)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-196 distance : 0.482 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-196 distance : 0.634 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-196 distance : 0.637 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-196 distance : 1.128 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-196 distance : 1.173 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-196)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-196 and its Exoplanet Kepler-196 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-196 and its Exoplanet Kepler-196 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-196*)
    *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