Imagined view associated with Kepler-452 b
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Kepler-452 b

A real world. 1 imagined possibilities.

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Artist’s imagined environment
Host starKepler-452
One orbit385 days
Planet radius1.63 Earth radii
Distance from us1.8e+03 light-years

Catalog central values; reported uncertainties, limits and sources are in the science record below.

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Explore this world through landscapes, life and stories. Each scene is connected to its intended planet and includes the science, the viewpoint and the details we invented.

The NASA archive flags this planet as controversial. Inclusion is not independent confirmation.

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The evidence record

The real world, in the literature

The host system is real. All alien organisms, robots, societies and social histories are fictional. Moons, rings, terrain and weather are artistic assumptions unless specifically supported by a cited source. These images are not calibrated simulations of the sky.

NASA composite catalog values may combine different papers. Errors and upper/lower limits are retained. “Calculated Value” means derived or estimated. Msini is a minimum mass. Missing values are unknown. A multiple-star system’s single stellar row does not describe every component. Equilibrium temperature is not a measured surface temperature.

QuantityValue & uncertaintyUnitPaper / source
Planet radius1.63 [+0.23 / -0.2]Earth radiiJenkins et al. 2015
Planet mass3.29Earth massesCalculated Value
Bulk density4.17g/cm³Calculated Value
Orbital period384.84 [+0.007 / -0.012]daysJenkins et al. 2015
Orbital semimajor axis1.046 [+0.019 / -0.015]AUJenkins et al. 2015
Orbital eccentricity0Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
Orbital inclination89.806 [+0.134 / -0.049]degreesJenkins et al. 2015
Irradiation1.1 [+0.29 / -0.22]Earth fluxJenkins et al. 2015
Equilibrium temperature265 [+15 / -13]K; not surface temperatureJenkins et al. 2015
Catalog stellar effective temperature5,757 [+85 / -85]KJenkins et al. 2015
Catalog stellar radius1.11 [+0.15 / -0.09]Solar radiiJenkins et al. 2015
Catalog stellar mass1.037 [+0.054 / -0.047]Solar massesJenkins et al. 2015
Catalog stellar luminosity0.08448 [+0.01716 / -0.01721]log10 Solar luminosityQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
Catalog stellar age6 [+2 / -2]GyrJenkins et al. 2015
Catalog stellar metallicity0.21 [+0.09 / -0.09]dexJenkins et al. 2015
System distance551.73 [+5.236 / -5.141]pcTICv8

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