Kepler-46 c · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

Kepler-46 c is a gas giant orbiting Kepler-46, completing an orbit every 57 days, about 2535 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2012 using the transit timing variations.

Host star

Kepler-46

Temperature

5,155 K

Mass

0.902 M☉

Planetary system — Kepler-46 system

View the Kepler-46 system (3 known planets).

Planet	Class	Radius (R⊕)	Period (d)	Distance (ly)
Kepler-46 dTransit · 2014	Super-Earth	1.64	6.7666	2535
Kepler-46 bTransit · 2012	Gas giant	9.06	33.6013	2535
Kepler-46 cTransit Timing Variations · 2012	Gas giant	13.5	57.011	2535

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Transit Timing Variations

Discovery year

2012

Discovered at

Kepler Space Telescope

Knowledge connections

OrbitsKepler-46
Member of systemKepler-46 system
Discovered by methodTransit Timing Variations
Discovered by missionKepler Space Telescope
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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