Imaginary Picture of Kepler-872 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-872 b around the hoststar Kepler-872
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-872 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19414019+4336203 b, K01511.01, KIC 7901948 b, KOI-1511 b, KOI-1511.01, WISE J194140.19+433620.2 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) 0.0374 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0071
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 2.58 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.2599
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 707229.5 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1294.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1215.5 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 983.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1539.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1445.5 (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-872
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19414019+4336203, KIC 7901948, KOI-1511, WISE J194140.19+433620.2"
Star Distance(LY) : 2870.1
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.9 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.1 (Msun Measured) 1.1 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.2 (GY)
Temperature : 5744 (K)
Spectral type : G1
UV portion[%]: 7.7
Visible portion[%]: 44.6
IR portion[%]: 47.6
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 4.1
Apparent Magnitude: 13.8
Right Ascension(RA) 295.4175
Declination (DEC) 43.6056
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 718 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-872&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-872%20b/
Kepler-872 b
Kepler-872 b

  • Kepler-872 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-872, located about 2870.1 light-years (880.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-872 has apparent magnitude of 13.8, with absolute magnitude of 4.1.
  • It is 1.1 times more massive and 0.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5744 with its spectral types of G1
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-872 b orbits around the star Kepler-872 every 2.6 days with its orbital distance of 0.04 AU ( 5596025.1 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-872 b around its host star Kepler-872)


  • The Star Kepler-872 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.615 AU ( 92064060.7 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.851 AU ( 127256591.1 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.296 AU ( 193910882.9 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.907 AU ( 285348358.9 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-872 b : 707229.48 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-872)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-872 distance : 0.639 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-872 distance : 0.809 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-872 distance : 0.782 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-872 distance : 0.857 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-872 distance : 1.431 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-872 distance : 1.509 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-872)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-872 distance : 0.640 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-872 distance : 0.832 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-872 distance : 0.846 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-872 distance : 1.456 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-872 distance : 1.514 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-872)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-872 and its Exoplanet Kepler-872 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-872 and its Exoplanet Kepler-872 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-872*)
    *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