The Kepler-46 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 2534.43 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 0.9 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.94 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 5155 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | 0.41 decimal exponent |
| Age | 9.7 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-46 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
| Mass | 1907.000 Earth masses |
| Density | 14.000 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 9.057 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.1968 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.01 |
| Orbital Period | 33.601 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2012-06 |
| Reference | Nesvorný et al. 2012 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-46 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
| Mass | 119.499 Earth masses |
| Density | 0.267 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 13.500 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.2799 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.0146 |
| Orbital Period | 57.011 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit Timing Variations |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2012-06 |
| Reference | Nesvorný et al. 2012 |
At 3.339 Earth masses, Kepler-46 d is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
| Mass | 3.330 Earth masses |
| Density | 4.150 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 1.640 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.067 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| Orbital Period | 6.767 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2014-03 |
| Reference | Rowe et al. 2014 |