Imaginary Picture of Kepler-646 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-646 b around the hoststar Kepler-646
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-646 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19215312+4423135 b, K00689.01, KIC 8361905 b, KOI-689 b, KOI-689.01, WISE J192153.14+442313.3 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) 0.1207 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0435
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 15.87 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.2599
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 47315.4 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 658.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 618.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 500.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 782.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 735.1 (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-646
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19215312+4423135, KIC 8361905, KOI-689, WISE J192153.14+442313.3"
Star Distance(LY) : 1473.0
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.6 (GY)
Temperature : 5334 (K)
Spectral type : G5
UV portion[%]: 6.0
Visible portion[%]: 41.8
IR portion[%]: 52.2
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 4.3
Apparent Magnitude: 12.5
Right Ascension(RA) 290.4713
Declination (DEC) 44.3871
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 559 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-646+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-646%20b/
Kepler-646 b
Kepler-646 b

  • Kepler-646 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-646, located about 1473.0 light-years (451.6 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-646 has apparent magnitude of 12.5, with absolute magnitude of 4.3.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5334 with its spectral types of G5
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-646 b orbits around the star Kepler-646 every 15.9 days with its orbital distance of 0.12 AU ( 18050006.6 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-646 b around its host star Kepler-646)


  • The Star Kepler-646 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.513 AU ( 76808474.0 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.710 AU ( 106169383.5 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.081 AU ( 161778645.2 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.591 AU ( 238064363.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-646 b : 47315.45 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-646)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-646 distance : 0.546 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-646 distance : 0.691 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-646 distance : 0.668 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-646 distance : 0.732 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-646 distance : 1.237 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-646 distance : 1.305 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-646)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-646 distance : 0.542 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-646 distance : 0.712 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-646 distance : 0.718 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-646 distance : 1.259 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-646 distance : 1.309 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-646)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-646 and its Exoplanet Kepler-646 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-646 and its Exoplanet Kepler-646 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-646*)
    *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