Imaginary Picture of Kepler-916 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-916 b around the hoststar Kepler-916
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-916 b
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19235599+4558238 b, K01633.01, KIC 9401997 b, KOI-1633 b, KOI-1633.01, WISE J192356.00+455823.9 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.1570 (Rjup) 1.7598 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0140 (Mjup) 4.4627 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.1880 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0884
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 32.30 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 1.4410
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 20178.3 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 531.9 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 499.5 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 404.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 632.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 594.1 (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-916
Alternate Name : "2MASS J19235599+4558238, KIC 9401997, KOI-1633, WISE J192356.00+455823.9"
Star Distance(LY) : 2709.3
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.9 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.8 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.8 (GY)
Temperature : 5250 (K)
Spectral type : K0
UV portion[%]: 5.4
Visible portion[%]: 40.8
IR portion[%]: 53.7
Metalicity : -0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 4.2
Apparent Magnitude: 13.8
Right Ascension(RA) 290.9833
Declination (DEC) 45.9733
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 747 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-916&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-916%20b/
Kepler-916 b
Kepler-916 b

  • Kepler-916 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-916, located about 2709.3 light-years (830.7 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-916 has apparent magnitude of 13.8, with absolute magnitude of 4.2.
  • It is 0.8 times more massive and 0.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5250 with its spectral types of K0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-916 b orbits around the star Kepler-916 every 32.3 days with its orbital distance of 0.19 AU ( 28126257.5 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-916 b around its host star Kepler-916)


  • The Star Kepler-916 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.522 AU ( 78160039.9 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.722 AU ( 108037600.8 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.100 AU ( 164625394.9 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.619 AU ( 242253480.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-916 b : 20178.32 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-916)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-916 distance : 0.558 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-916 distance : 0.707 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-916 distance : 0.683 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-916 distance : 0.749 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-916 distance : 1.269 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-916 distance : 1.338 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-916)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-916 distance : 0.554 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-916 distance : 0.728 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-916 distance : 0.733 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-916 distance : 1.290 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-916 distance : 1.342 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-916)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-916 and its Exoplanet Kepler-916 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-916 and its Exoplanet Kepler-916 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-916*)
    *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