Kepler-62 b
Planet· orbits the Sun
Kepler-62 b — the innermost planet, a hot super-Earth (1.31 R⊕) on a 6-day orbit. Size measured; mass only an upper limit, so no density is quoted. Likely rocky and far too hot for water. Never imaged.
Open in 3D viewSee Kepler-62 b in the live, interactive 3D map
Key facts
Radius
8,346 km
1.31× wider than Earth
Year
5.71 Earth days
Distance from Kepler-62
8,272,762 km
Science
Physical
- Radius
- 8,346 km · 1.31× wider than Earth
Orbital
- Semi-major axis
- 8,272,762 km
- Eccentricity
- 0
- Inclination
- 0.00 °
- Orbital period
- 5.7 days
- Perihelion
- 8,272,762 km
- Aphelion
- 8,272,762 km
- Mean orbital velocity
- 105 km/s
Composition
- Surface appearance
- Appearance based on NASA/JPL-Caltech's artist's concept. No spacecraft has imaged this world, so its real appearance is unknown — The surface shown is an artistic representation, shown only in Vision mode; Realism shows a plain spectral colour.
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 71 S⊕ · 71× the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- Method
- Transit detection
- Name
- Designated 'b' under the IAU convention that letters a star's planets 'b', 'c', 'd'... in the order found (the star is the unwritten 'a'); no IAU proper name has been assigned.
One of five planets confirmed around Kepler-62 in 2013.
Images
No telescope has imaged this world — it is known only from the tiny dip it makes crossing its star. Only its host system has been pictured (see the system view); its true surface appearance is unknown.