Imaginary Picture of Kepler-462 b

Display orbital revolution of Kepler-462 b around the hoststar Kepler-462
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Exoplanet Name : Kepler-462 b
Alternate Name : "KOI-89 b, 2MASS J19591707+4348513 b, K00089.01, KIC 8056665 b, KOI-89.01, TIC 269263577 b, WISE J195917.07+434851.4 b"
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2680 (Rjup) 3.0040 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.1696 (Mjup) 53.9191 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0000 (AU) 0.4405 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0420
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.2319
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 84.69 (Days Obs.) 0.00 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 5.9750
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 38325.7 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 624.5 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 586.4 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 474.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 742.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 697.4 (K)
Size Class: sub-Neptune-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Primary Transit
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection : Primary Transit
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : Kepler-462
Alternate Name : "KOI-89, 2MASS J19591707+4348513, KIC 8056665, TIC 269263577, WISE J195917.07+434851.4"
Star Distance(LY) : 1469.2
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.7 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.6 (Msun Measured) 1.6 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.5 (GY)
Temperature : 6688 (K)
Spectral type : F0
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 3.5
Apparent Magnitude: 11.7
Right Ascension(RA) 299.8212
Declination (DEC) 43.8143
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "Timothy D. Morton, Stephen T. Bryson, Jeffrey L. Coughlin, Jason F. Rowe, Ganesh Ravichandran, Erik A. Petigura, Michael R. Haas, and Natalie M. Batalha"
Discovery Paper - Title FALSE POSITIVE PROBABILITIES FOR ALL KEPLER OBJECTS OF INTEREST: 1284 NEWLY VALIDATED PLANETS AND 428 LIKELY FALSE POSITIVES
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Kepler-462+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-462%20b/
Kepler-462 b
Kepler-462 b

  • Kepler-462 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-462, located about 1469.2 light-years (450.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star Kepler-462 has apparent magnitude of 11.7, with absolute magnitude of 3.5.
  • It is 1.6 times more massive and 1.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6688 with its spectral types of F0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet Kepler-462 b orbits around the star Kepler-462 every 84.7 days with its orbital distance of 0.44 AU ( 65898283.4 km)
  • (Projected orbit of Kepler-462 b around its host star Kepler-462)


  • The Star Kepler-462 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.687 AU ( 252376790.1 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.332 AU ( 348850677.9 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 3.553 AU ( 531571232.6 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 5.229 AU ( 782230355.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of Kepler-462 b : 38325.69 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star Kepler-462)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-462 distance : 1.656 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-462 distance : 2.098 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star Kepler-462 distance : 2.026 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star Kepler-462 distance : 2.219 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-462 distance : 3.640 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-462 distance : 3.839 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star Kepler-462)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star Kepler-462 distance : 1.692 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star Kepler-462 distance : 2.149 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star Kepler-462 distance : 2.238 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star Kepler-462 distance : 3.706 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star Kepler-462 distance : 3.854 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star Kepler-462)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-462 and its Exoplanet Kepler-462 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star Kepler-462 and its Exoplanet Kepler-462 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-462*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102