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Kepler-46 b

Host star Kepler-46 • 8.82 R⊕ • 33.60 d orbit

Records

12

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

8.82 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

1094.1 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-46

495 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

Kepler-46

Discovery

Transit

Year

2012

Period

33.60 day

Radius

8.83 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

495 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 8.82 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-46 b

8.82 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

12

Refs

12

Methods

1

Discoverystable

12 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

12 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

11 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

10 values • 8 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

6 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope33.60 day8.83 Rearth495 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope33.60 day8.83 Rearth495 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope33.65 day9.08 Rearth281.3 MearthSaad-Olivera et al. 2017
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope33.60 day8.83 Rearth495 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope33.60 day8.46 Rearth495 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope33.60 day8.80 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope33.60 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope7.36 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope33.60 day7.57 RearthFulton & Petigura 2018
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope33.60 day7.20 Rearth466 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope33.60 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope33.60 day9.06 Rearth1907 Mearth543 KNesvorný et al. 2012