Astronomical evidence
Kepler-62 f orbits Kepler-62. The saved catalog gives an orbital period of 267.291 ± 0.005 days. Its discovery method is recorded as transit. These quantities describe the real astronomical setting behind the illustration. Kepler-62 f has a measured transit radius, but the saved mass entry is an upper bound of 35 Earth masses. Reading that value as the planet’s actual mass would produce a misleading density estimate. A limit defines a constraint; it does not specify where the true value lies within the allowed interval. The catalog radius is 1.41 ± 0.07 Earth radii. Its mass constraint is an upper limit of 35 Earth masses, not a measured mass. The source papers and full table retain the provenance of each parameter.
The illustrated viewpoint
The canyon plateau is imagined. The available catalog information does not establish its rock type, atmosphere, erosion history or surface water.
The canyon plateau is imagined. The available catalog information does not establish its rock type, atmosphere, erosion history or surface water. All depicted life and technology are fictional.
Catalog measurements & sources
Host: Kepler-62. Snapshot: 25 September 2026. Errors, limits and source provenance are retained. Calculated values and model estimates are not direct measurements. Unknown is not zero; equilibrium temperature is not surface temperature.
| Quantity / unit | Value / reported errors | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Radius · Earth radii | 1.41 (+0.07 / -0.07) | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Mass · Earth masses | ≤ 35 | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Density · g/cm³ | Unknown | Not supplied |
| Orbital period · days | 267.291 (+0.005 / -0.005) | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Orbital semimajor axis · AU | 0.718 (+0.007 / -0.007) | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Eccentricity | 0 | Weiss et al. 2024 |
| Inclination · degrees | 89.9 (+0.03 / -0.03) | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Irradiation · Earth flux | 0.5 (+0 / 0) | Fulton & Petigura 2018 |
| Equilibrium temperature · K | 208 (+11 / -11) | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Stellar effective temperature · K | 4925 (+70 / -70) | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Stellar radius · Solar | 0.64 (+0.02 / -0.02) | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Stellar mass · Solar | 0.69 (+0.02 / -0.02) | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Stellar luminosity · log Solar | -0.678 (+0.04 / -0.043) | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Stellar age · Gyr | 7 (+4 / -4) | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Stellar metallicity · dex | -0.37 (+0.04 / -0.04) | Borucki et al. 2013 |
| Distance · pc | 300.874 (+1.219 / -1.219) | TICv8 |