Finding Earth 2.0
Kepler-462

Kepler-462 b

Rank #1110 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2016

HZ 0%measured

0.105

Earth-2.0 index

0.328

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

3.00 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass53.900 M⊕measured
Bulk density9.300 g/cm³
Orbital period84.6866 days
Semi-major axis0.41720 au
Eccentricity0.042
Incident flux31.269 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature601.1 K
Transit-time σ at 2030128.2 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.70 masReflected-light contrast 8.98e-9 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources5 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage75%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostKepler-462
Spectral typeA
Effective temperature7500 K
Radius1.570 R☉
Mass1.590 M☉
Distance596.6 pc / 1945.9 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2016