Imaginary Picture of Kepler-520 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-520 b around the hoststar Kepler-520
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-520 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19324327+4137039 b, K00307.01, KIC 6289257 b, KOI-307 b, KOI-307.01, WISE J193243.24+413704.0 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1480 (Rjup) 1.6589 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0133 (Mjup) 4.2243 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1472 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0539
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 19.67 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.5350
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 79135.3 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 748.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 703.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 568.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 890.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 836.0 (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-520
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19324327+4137039, KIC 6289257, KOI-307, WISE J193243.24+413704.0"
Star Distance(LY) : 1306.6
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.0 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.1 (Msun Measured) 1.1 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 2.0 (GY)
Temperature : 6023 (K)
Spectral type : G0
UV portion[%]: 0.3
Visible portion[%]: 1.5
IR portion[%]: 98.2
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 3.8
Apparent Magnitude: 11.8
Right Ascension(RA) 293.1803
Declination (DEC) 41.6178
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. Batalha"
Discovery Paper - Title FALSE POSITIVE PROBABILITIES FOR ALL KEPLER OBJECTS OF INTEREST: 1284 NEWLY VALIDATED PLANETS AND 451 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-520+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-520%20b/
Kepler-520 b
Kepler-520 b

  • Kepler-520 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-520, located about 1306.6 light-years (400.6 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-520 has apparent magnitude of 11.8, with absolute magnitude of 3.8.
  • It is 1.1 times more massive and 1.0 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6023 with its spectral types of G0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-520 b orbits around the star Kepler-520 every 19.7 days with its orbital distance of 0.15 AU ( 22025560.8 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-520 b around its host star Kepler-520)


  • The Star Kepler-520 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.810 AU ( 121211131.1 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.120 AU ( 167545459.5 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.707 AU ( 255302202.5 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.511 AU ( 375688375.1 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-520 b : 79135.34 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-520)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-520 distance : 0.827 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-520 distance : 1.048 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-520 distance : 1.012 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-520 distance : 1.109 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-520 distance : 1.839 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-520 distance : 1.940 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-520)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-520 distance : 0.833 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-520 distance : 1.076 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-520 distance : 1.102 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-520 distance : 1.872 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-520 distance : 1.947 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-520)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-520 and its Exoplanet Kepler-520 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-520 and its Exoplanet Kepler-520 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-520*)
    *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