Kepler-62 e

Planet· orbits the Sun

Kepler-62 e — a super-Earth (1.61 R⊕) orbiting in the HABITABLE ZONE every 122 days, one of the first such worlds found. It may be rocky or water-covered and temperate. Size measured; mass only an upper limit, so no density is quoted. Never imaged.

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Key facts

Radius

10,257 km

1.61× wider than Earth

Year

122 Earth days

Distance from Kepler-62

0.427 AU

Science

Physical

Radius: 10,257 km · 1.61× wider than Earth

Orbital

Semi-major axis: 0.427 AU
Eccentricity: 0
Inclination: 0.00 °
Orbital period: 122.4 days
Perihelion: 0.427 AU
Aphelion: 0.427 AU
Mean orbital velocity: 38 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: 1.19 S⊕ · 1.19× the sunlight Earth receives

Discovery & history

Method: Transit detection
Name: Designated 'e' 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.

Confirmed in 2013 as one of two habitable-zone super-Earths around Kepler-62 — an early milestone for temperate worlds.

Images

Artist's concept of the super-Earth Kepler-62 e in its star's habitable zone — an artist's impression, not a photograph (this world has never been imaged). — NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

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