Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-62 c
Host star Kepler-62 • 0.54 R⊕ • 12.44 d orbit
Records
11
archive rows
Discovery
2013
Transit
Radius
0.54 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
4 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-62
578 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: Borucki et al. 2013
Host Star
Kepler-62
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2013
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
12.44 day
12.44 to 12.44
Semi-Major Axis
0.09 au
0.09 to 0.09
Radius
0.54 Rearth
0.54 to 0.64
Mass
4 Mearth
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
578 K
569 to 578
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 0.54 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-62 c
0.54 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
11
Refs
11
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.44 day | 0.59 Rearth | — | 569 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.44 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.44 day | 0.64 Rearth | — | — | Weiss et al. 2024 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.44 day | — | — | — | Gajdoš et al. 2019 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.44 day | 0.59 Rearth | — | 569 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.44 day | 0.57 Rearth | — | 576 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.44 day | 0.64 Rearth | — | — | Fulton & Petigura 2018 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.44 day | 0.59 Rearth | — | 569 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 0.61 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.44 day | 0.58 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.44 day | 0.54 Rearth | 4 Mearth | 578 K | Borucki et al. 2013 |