Super-Earth · Kepler-452

Kepler-452 b

ExoplanetsHabitable-zone candidateDiscovered 2015

Scientific overview

Kepler-452 b is a super-earth orbiting Kepler-452, completing an orbit every 385 days, about 1800 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2015 using the transit method.

Host star

Kepler-452

Spectral type

Temperature

5,757 K

Mass

1.037 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Transit Method

Discovery year

2015

Discovered at

Kepler Space Telescope

Habitability notes

Kepler-452 b lies in the habitable zone of its star, the range of orbits where liquid water could in principle exist on a planet's surface. This makes it a candidate of interest for habitability studies — but lying in the habitable zone is not evidence that the planet is habitable or inhabited; its atmosphere and surface conditions remain unknown.

Knowledge connections

OrbitsKepler-452
Discovered by methodTransit Method
Discovered by missionKepler Space Telescope
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive
Habitable-zone candidateHabitable zone

Quick facts

Class: Super-Earth
Host star: Kepler-452
Discovery method: Transit Method
Discovery year: 2015
Orbital period: 384.843 d
Semi-major axis: 1.046 AU
Eccentricity: 0
Radius: 1.63 R⊕
Mass: 3.29 M⊕
Equilibrium temp.: 265 K
Insolation: 1.1 S⊕
Distance: 1800 ly

Scientific citations

Real, source-backed references — primary papers first, then datasets and institutional sources. Formatted through the citation engine; nothing is fabricated.

Archive pageKepler-452 b — NASA Exoplanet Archive

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC)

Cite (APA / BibTeX)

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC) (n.d.). Kepler-452 b — NASA Exoplanet Archive. NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC). https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/

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  title        = {Kepler-452 b — NASA Exoplanet Archive},
  organization = {NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC)},
  year         = {n.d.},
  url          = {https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/},
  note         = {Confirmed parameters and discovery references for Kepler-452 b.}
}

Quality & authority

31%

Unreviewed

Completeness: Complete
Source coverage: Partial
Citation coverage: None
Relationship coverage: Complete
Review coverage: None
Image coverage: None

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive. See source quality.

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Habitability notes

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC) (n.d.). Kepler-452 b — NASA Exoplanet Archive. NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC). https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/ @misc{cite:exoarchive-exoplanet-kepler-452-b, title = {Kepler-452 b — NASA Exoplanet Archive}, organization = {NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC)}, year = {n.d.}, url = {https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/}, note = {Confirmed parameters and discovery references for Kepler-452 b.} }