Kepler-46 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-46.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 9.1 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 1,907 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 270 °C (518 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 34 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 9.057 × Earth
- Mass
- 1,907 × Earth
- Density
- 14 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 543 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 33.6 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.1968 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-46
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,155 K
- Radius
- 0.938 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.902 × Sun
- Age
- 9.7 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,534 light-years (777.1 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 3
Discovery
- Year
- 2012
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.