Kepler-62 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-62.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.3 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 9 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 477 °C (890 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.7 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.31 × Earth
- Mass
- 9 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 750 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 5.715 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0553 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-62
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,925 K
- Radius
- 0.64 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.69 × Sun
- Age
- 7 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 981.3 light-years (300.9 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 5
Discovery
- Year
- 2013
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.