Imaginary Picture of Kepler-87 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-87 b around the hoststar Kepler-87
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-87 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19514005+4657544 b, K01574.01, KIC 10028792 b, KOI-1574 b, KOI-1574.01, WISE J195140.04+465754.4 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 1.2040 (Rjup) 13.4956 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 1.0200 (Mjup) 324.2968 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.4810 (AU) 0.4810 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0360
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.3141
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 114.74 (Days Obs.) 116.17 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.7806
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 11356.4 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 460.7 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 432.7 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 350.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 547.9 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 514.5 (K)
Size Class: Jupiter-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-87
Alternate Name : "KOI-1574, 2MASS J19514005+4657544, KIC 10028792, WISE J195140.04+465754.4"
Star Distance(LY) : 4019.7
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.5 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.1 (Msun Measured) 1.1 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 7.5 (GY)
Temperature : 5600 (K)
Spectral type : G6
UV portion[%]: 7.3
Visible portion[%]: 43.9
IR portion[%]: 48.8
Metalicity : -0.2
Absolute Magnitude: 4.5
Apparent Magnitude: 15.0
Right Ascension(RA) 297.9169
Declination (DEC) 46.9651
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "Aviv Ofir, Stefan Dreizler, Mathias Zechmeister, Tim-Oliver Husser"
Discovery Paper - Title An Independent Planet Search In The Kepler Dataset. II. An extremely low-density super-Earth mass planet around Kepler-87
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-87+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-87%20b/
Kepler-87 b
Kepler-87 b

  • Kepler-87 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-87, located about 4019.7 light-years (1232.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2013.
  • The host star Kepler-87 has apparent magnitude of 15.0, with absolute magnitude of 4.5.
  • It is 1.1 times more massive and 1.5 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5600 with its spectral types of G6
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-87 b orbits around the star Kepler-87 every 114.7 days with its orbital distance of 0.48 AU ( 71956575.8 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-87 b around its host star Kepler-87)


  • The Star Kepler-87 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.003 AU ( 150010108.1 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.386 AU ( 207353171.7 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.112 AU ( 315960346.5 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 3.108 AU ( 464949491.2 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-87 b : 11356.37 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-87)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-87 distance : 1.050 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-87 distance : 1.330 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-87 distance : 1.285 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-87 distance : 1.409 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-87 distance : 2.361 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-87 distance : 2.490 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-87)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-87 distance : 1.048 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-87 distance : 1.368 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-87 distance : 1.387 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-87 distance : 2.402 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-87 distance : 2.498 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-87)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-87 and its Exoplanet Kepler-87 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-87 and its Exoplanet Kepler-87 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-87*)
    *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