Finding Earth 2.0
Kepler-46

Kepler-46 b

Rank #2331 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2012

HZ 0%upper limit

0.093

Earth-2.0 index

0.295

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

9.06 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass1907.000 M⊕upper limit
Bulk density14.000 g/cm³
Orbital period33.6013 days
Semi-major axis0.19680 au
Eccentricity0.010
Incident flux10.900 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature461.9 K
Transit-time σ at 203067.2 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.25 masReflected-light contrast 3.68e-7 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources3 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage92%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostKepler-46
Spectral typeK
Effective temperature5155 K
Radius0.938 R☉
Mass0.902 M☉
Distance777.1 pc / 2534.4 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2012