Imaginary Picture of Kepler-768 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-768 b around the hoststar Kepler-768
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-768 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19362775+3823365 b, K01101.01, KIC 3245969 b, KOI-1101 b, KOI-1101.01"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1600 (Rjup) 1.7934 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0143 (Mjup) 4.5419 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.0927 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0312
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 11.39 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.4121
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 54575.7 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 682.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 640.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 518.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 811.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 761.8 (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-768
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19362775+3823365, KIC 3245969, KOI-1101"
Star Distance(LY) : 2559.4
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.8 (Msun Measured) 0.8 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.6 (GY)
Temperature : 4989 (K)
Spectral type : K1
UV portion[%]: 3.2
Visible portion[%]: 37.0
IR portion[%]: 59.8
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 4.6
Apparent Magnitude: 14.1
Right Ascension(RA) 294.1157
Declination (DEC) 38.3935
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 663 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-768+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-768%20b/
Kepler-768 b
Kepler-768 b

  • Kepler-768 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-768, located about 2559.4 light-years (784.7 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-768 has apparent magnitude of 14.1, with absolute magnitude of 4.6.
  • It is 0.8 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4989 with its spectral types of K1
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-768 b orbits around the star Kepler-768 every 11.4 days with its orbital distance of 0.09 AU ( 13873238.2 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-768 b around its host star Kepler-768)


  • The Star Kepler-768 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.424 AU ( 63402687.4 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.586 AU ( 87639083.1 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.893 AU ( 133542568.1 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.314 AU ( 196513739.1 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-768 b : 54575.67 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-768)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-768 distance : 0.459 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-768 distance : 0.581 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-768 distance : 0.561 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-768 distance : 0.616 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-768 distance : 1.053 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-768 distance : 1.111 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-768)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-768 distance : 0.454 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-768 distance : 0.599 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-768 distance : 0.601 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-768 distance : 1.071 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-768 distance : 1.114 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-768)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-768 and its Exoplanet Kepler-768 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-768 and its Exoplanet Kepler-768 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-768*)
    *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