Imaginary Picture of POTS-1 b

Display orbital revolution of POTS-1 b around the hoststar POTS-1
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Exoplanet Name : POTS-1 b
Alternate Name :
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.9410 (Rjup) 10.5477 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 2.3100 (Mjup) 734.4368 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0373 (AU) 0.0373 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0087
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 3.16 (Days Obs.) 3.16 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 6.6015
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 121434.6 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 833.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 782.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 633.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 990.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 930.5 (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 : POTS-1
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 3913.9
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.6 (Rsun Estimated)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.7 (Msun Measured) 0.7 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.0 (GY)
Temperature : 4400 (K)
Spectral type : K5
UV portion[%]: 1.2
Visible portion[%]: 29.4
IR portion[%]: 69.4
Metalicity : -0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 7.5
Apparent Magnitude: 17.9
Right Ascension(RA) 203.6089
Declination (DEC) -66.5811
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "J. Koppenhoefer, R. P. Saglia, L. Fossati, Y. Lyubchik, M. Mugrauer, R. Bender, C.-H. Lee, A. Riffeser, P. Afonso, J. Greiner, Th. Henning, R. Neuh_user, I. A. G. Snellen, Y. Pavlenko, M. Verdugo, N. Vogt"
Discovery Paper - Title A hot Jupiter transiting a mid-K dwarf found in the pre-OmegaCam Transit Survey
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=POTS-1+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/POTS-1%20b/
POTS-1 b
POTS-1 b

  • POTS-1 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star POTS-1, located about 3913.9 light-years (1200.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2013.
  • The host star POTS-1 has apparent magnitude of 17.9, with absolute magnitude of 7.5.
  • It is 0.7 times more massive and 0.6 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4400 with its spectral types of K5
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet POTS-1 b orbits around the star POTS-1 every 3.2 days with its orbital distance of 0.04 AU ( 5585984.5 km)
  • (Projected orbit of POTS-1 b around its host star POTS-1)


  • The Star POTS-1 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.255 AU ( 38080383.0 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.352 AU ( 52637040.8 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.536 AU ( 80207201.7 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.789 AU ( 118028410.9 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of POTS-1 b : 121434.64 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star POTS-1)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star POTS-1 distance : 0.282 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star POTS-1 distance : 0.357 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star POTS-1 distance : 0.345 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star POTS-1 distance : 0.379 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star POTS-1 distance : 0.665 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star POTS-1 distance : 0.701 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star POTS-1)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star POTS-1 distance : 0.278 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star POTS-1 distance : 0.369 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star POTS-1 distance : 0.368 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star POTS-1 distance : 0.675 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star POTS-1 distance : 0.702 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star POTS-1)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star POTS-1 and its Exoplanet POTS-1 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star POTS-1 and its Exoplanet POTS-1 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star POTS-1*)
    *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