CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Sub-Neptune

Kepler-246 b

Orbits Host Star: Kepler-246 · Distance: 2042.000 Light-Years (626.078 pc)

Planetary Radius

2.340 R⊕

Planetary Mass

6.080 M⊕

Surface Gravity

1.11 g / g⊕

Equilibrium Temp

896K (+623°C / +1153°F)

Orbital Period

4.602 days

Discovery Year

2014 (Transit)

Habitability Assessment

⚠️ Thermal Exclusions: High equilibrium temperature (896 K · +623°C / +1153°F) places this world well interior to the runaway greenhouse threshold.

Discovery Facility: Kepler.

Other Worlds in the Kepler-246 System (1)

Kepler-246 c

Super-Earth · 11.2d

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