Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-46 b
Host star Kepler-46 • 9.06 R⊕ • 33.60 d orbit
Records
12
archive rows
Discovery
2012
Transit
Radius
9.06 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
1907 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-46
543 K equilibrium
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Nesvorný et al. 2012
Host Star
Kepler-46
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2012
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
33.60 day
33.60 to 33.65
Semi-Major Axis
0.20 au
0.19 to 0.20
Radius
9.06 Rearth
7.20 to 9.08
Mass
1907 Mearth
281.3 to 1907
Density
14 g/cm**3
2.07 to 14
Equilibrium Temperature
543 K
466 to 543
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 9.06 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-46 b
9.06 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
12
Refs
12
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 33.60 day | 7.20 Rearth | — | 466 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 33.60 day | 7.57 Rearth | — | — | Fulton & Petigura 2018 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 33.60 day | 8.83 Rearth | — | 495 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 33.60 day | 8.83 Rearth | — | 495 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 33.65 day | 9.08 Rearth | 281.3 Mearth | — | Saad-Olivera et al. 2017 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 33.60 day | 8.83 Rearth | — | 495 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 33.60 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 33.60 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 7.36 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 33.60 day | 9.06 Rearth | 1907 Mearth | 543 K | Nesvorný et al. 2012 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 33.60 day | 8.46 Rearth | — | 495 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 33.60 day | 8.80 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |