Imaginary Picture of Kepler-659 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-659 b around the hoststar Kepler-659
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-659 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19102596+4730348 b, K00740.01, KIC 10395381 b, KOI-740 b, KOI-740.01, WISE J191025.96+473034.8 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2230 (Rjup) 2.4996 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0195 (Mjup) 6.1849 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1227 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0484
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 17.67 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.9899
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 28023.7 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 577.5 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 542.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 438.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 686.7 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 644.9 (K)
Size Class: sub-Neptune-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-659
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19102596+4730348, KIC 10395381, KOI-740, WISE J191025.96+473034.8"
Star Distance(LY) : 2357.3
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.8 (Msun Measured) 0.8 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 3.2 (GY)
Temperature : 4868 (K)
Spectral type : K3
UV portion[%]: 2.7
Visible portion[%]: 35.9
IR portion[%]: 61.4
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 4.7
Apparent Magnitude: 14.0
Right Ascension(RA) 287.6082
Declination (DEC) 47.5097
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 566 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-659+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-659%20b/
Kepler-659 b
Kepler-659 b

  • Kepler-659 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-659, located about 2357.3 light-years (722.7 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-659 has apparent magnitude of 14.0, with absolute magnitude of 4.7.
  • It is 0.8 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4868 with its spectral types of K3
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-659 b orbits around the star Kepler-659 every 17.7 days with its orbital distance of 0.12 AU ( 18362342.6 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-659 b around its host star Kepler-659)


  • The Star Kepler-659 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.402 AU ( 60134127.4 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.556 AU ( 83121079.0 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.847 AU ( 126658129.8 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.246 AU ( 186382986.6 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-659 b : 28023.69 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-659)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-659 distance : 0.438 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-659 distance : 0.554 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-659 distance : 0.535 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-659 distance : 0.587 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-659 distance : 1.009 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-659 distance : 1.065 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-659)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-659 distance : 0.432 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-659 distance : 0.571 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-659 distance : 0.572 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-659 distance : 1.026 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-659 distance : 1.067 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-659)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-659 and its Exoplanet Kepler-659 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-659 and its Exoplanet Kepler-659 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-659*)
    *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