Imaginary Picture of Kepler-579 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-579 b around the hoststar Kepler-579
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-579 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19400048+3957105 b, K00499.01, KIC 4847534 b, KOI-499 b, KOI-499.01, WISE J194000.50+395710.4 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1780 (Rjup) 1.9952 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0158 (Mjup) 5.0153 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0885 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0265
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 9.67 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.2599
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 77083.8 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 743.7 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 698.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 565.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 884.4 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 830.5 (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-579
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19400048+3957105, KIC 4847534, KOI-499, WISE J194000.50+395710.4"
Star Distance(LY) : 1730.4
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.0 (Msun Measured) 1.0 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.1 (GY)
Temperature : 5287 (K)
Spectral type : G5
UV portion[%]: 5.7
Visible portion[%]: 41.3
IR portion[%]: 53.0
Metalicity : 0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 4.4
Apparent Magnitude: 13.0
Right Ascension(RA) 295.0020
Declination (DEC) 39.9529
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 501 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-579+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-579%20b/
Kepler-579 b
Kepler-579 b

  • Kepler-579 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-579, located about 1730.4 light-years (530.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-579 has apparent magnitude of 13.0, with absolute magnitude of 4.4.
  • It is 1.0 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5287 with its spectral types of G5
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-579 b orbits around the star Kepler-579 every 9.7 days with its orbital distance of 0.09 AU ( 13242969.4 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-579 b around its host star Kepler-579)


  • The Star Kepler-579 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.481 AU ( 71927876.0 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.665 AU ( 99423121.6 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.013 AU ( 151498835.0 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.490 AU ( 222937172.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-579 b : 77083.80 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-579)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-579 distance : 0.513 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-579 distance : 0.649 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-579 distance : 0.627 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-579 distance : 0.688 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-579 distance : 1.164 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-579 distance : 1.227 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-579)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-579 distance : 0.509 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-579 distance : 0.668 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-579 distance : 0.673 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-579 distance : 1.184 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-579 distance : 1.231 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-579)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-579 and its Exoplanet Kepler-579 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-579 and its Exoplanet Kepler-579 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-579*)
    *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