Real exoplanet setting

The tilted horizon

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The tilted horizon
Humanoids & exotic skiesArtist’s imagined scene

An artistic scene associated with Kepler-413 b. The scientific record below anchors the setting; it does not establish the depicted environment.

01 / Interpretation

The imagined scene

The host system is real. All alien organisms, robots, societies and social histories are fictional. Moons, rings, terrain and weather are artistic assumptions unless specifically supported by a cited source. These images are not calibrated simulations of the sky.

02 / Evidence

The scientific anchor

The real planet orbits two stars; its catalog orbital period is 66.262 days and radius is 4.347 Earth radii. It is gas-rich: this scene uses an orbital habitat, not an established habitable planetary surface. All pictured moons and humanoids are fictional.

Available measurements

Host: Kepler-413 · 2 catalog star(s) · Sub-Neptune / Neptune-size

NASA composite catalog values may combine different papers. Errors and upper/lower limits are retained. “Calculated Value” means derived or estimated. Msini is a minimum mass. Missing values are unknown. A multiple-star system’s single stellar row does not describe every component. Equilibrium temperature is not a measured surface temperature.

QuantityValue & uncertaintyUnitPaper / source
Planet radius4.347 [+0.099 / -0.099]Earth radiiKostov et al. 2014
Planet mass67 [+22 / -21]Earth massesKostov et al. 2014
Bulk density3.2 [+1 / -1]g/cm³Kostov et al. 2014
Orbital period66.262 [+0.024 / -0.021]daysKostov et al. 2014
Orbital semimajor axis0.3553 [+0.002 / -0.0018]AUKostov et al. 2014
Orbital eccentricity0.1181 [+0.0018 / -0.0017]Kostov et al. 2014
Orbital inclination89.929 [+0.024 / -0.016]degreesKostov et al. 2014
Irradiation2.9436 [+0.1909 / -0.1909]Earth fluxCalculated Value
Equilibrium temperature334.96K; not surface temperatureCalculated Value
Catalog stellar effective temperature4,700KKostov et al. 2014
Catalog stellar radius0.7761 [+0.0088 / -0.0096]Solar radiiKostov et al. 2014
Catalog stellar mass0.82 [+0.015 / -0.014]Solar massesKostov et al. 2014
Catalog stellar luminosity-0.42994 [+0.02689 / -0.02867]log10 Solar luminosityGaia DR2
Catalog stellar ageUnknownGyrSource not supplied
Catalog stellar metallicity-0.2dexKostov et al. 2014
System distance847.54 [+22.587 / -21.464]pcTICv8

What about life?

A substantial volatile envelope is plausible. A habitable ocean or surface cannot be inferred from radius; atmosphere and interior research required. No confirmed life; no planet-specific biosignature literature review in this release.

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Papers and references