Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-462 c
Host star Kepler-462 • 4 R⊕ • 207.6 d orbit
Records
8
archive rows
Discovery
2018
Transit
Radius
4 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
6 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-462
temperature unconstrained
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: Masuda & Tamayo 2020
Host Star
Kepler-462
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2018
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
207.6 day
207.6 to 207.6
Radius
4 Rearth
4 to 6.30
Mass
6 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
0.40 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 4 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-462 c
4 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
8
Refs
8
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 207.6 day | 4.52 Rearth | — | 453 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2018 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 207.6 day | 6.30 Rearth | — | 588 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2018 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 207.6 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2018 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 207.6 day | 6 Rearth | — | 597 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2018 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 207.6 day | 6 Rearth | — | 597 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2018 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 207.6 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2018 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 207.6 day | 6 Rearth | — | 597 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2018 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 207.6 day | 4 Rearth | 6 Mearth | — | Masuda & Tamayo 2020 |