Finding Earth 2.0
Kepler-462

Kepler-462 c

Rank #856 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2018

HZ 1%measured

0.108

Earth-2.0 index

0.357

Earth Similarity Index

1%

Habitable-zone probability

4.00 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass6.000 M⊕measured
Bulk density0.400 g/cm³
Orbital period207.6200 days
Semi-major axis0.75840 au
Eccentricity0.110
Incident flux9.970 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature451.7 K
Transit-time σ at 20301555.2 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation1.27 masReflected-light contrast 4.83e-9 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources4 · 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, 2018