Imaginary Picture of Kepler-906 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-906 b around the hoststar Kepler-906
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-906 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19253733+4007317 b, K01609.01, KIC 5009743 b, KOI-1609 b, KOI-1609.01"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1880 (Rjup) 2.1073 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0166 (Mjup) 5.2769 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.2399 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.1142
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 41.70 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.1883
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 29046.1 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 582.7 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 547.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 442.7 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 692.9 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 650.7 (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-906
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19253733+4007317, KIC 5009743, KOI-1609"
Star Distance(LY) : 2470.5
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.0 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.1 (Msun Measured) 1.1 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 1.9 (GY)
Temperature : 5956 (K)
Spectral type : G0
UV portion[%]: 0.3
Visible portion[%]: 1.5
IR portion[%]: 98.2
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 3.5
Apparent Magnitude: 12.9
Right Ascension(RA) 291.4056
Declination (DEC) 40.1255
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 739 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-906&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-906%20b/
Kepler-906 b
Kepler-906 b

  • Kepler-906 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-906, located about 2470.5 light-years (757.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-906 has apparent magnitude of 12.9, with absolute magnitude of 3.5.
  • It is 1.1 times more massive and 1.0 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5956 with its spectral types of G0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-906 b orbits around the star Kepler-906 every 41.7 days with its orbital distance of 0.24 AU ( 35895831.5 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-906 b around its host star Kepler-906)


  • The Star Kepler-906 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.800 AU ( 119679074.0 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.106 AU ( 165427756.1 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.685 AU ( 252075291.2 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.480 AU ( 370939833.7 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-906 b : 29046.10 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-906)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-906 distance : 0.820 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-906 distance : 1.039 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-906 distance : 1.003 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-906 distance : 1.100 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-906 distance : 1.826 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-906 distance : 1.926 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-906)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-906 distance : 0.824 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-906 distance : 1.067 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-906 distance : 1.091 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-906 distance : 1.859 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-906 distance : 1.933 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-906)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-906 and its Exoplanet Kepler-906 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-906 and its Exoplanet Kepler-906 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-906*)
    *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