The Kepler-462 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1945.93 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 1.59 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.57 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 7500 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | 0.05 decimal exponent |
| Age | 0.5 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-462 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
| Mass | 53.900 Earth masses |
| Density | 9.300 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 3.000 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.4172 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.042 |
| Orbital Period | 84.687 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2016-05 |
| Reference | Morton et al. 2016 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-462 c is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
| Mass | 6.000 Earth masses |
| Density | 0.400 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 4.000 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.7584 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.11 |
| Orbital Period | 207.620 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2020-11 |
| Reference | Masuda & Tamayo 2020 |