What is Kepler-62e?
[[File:This_artist%27s_concept_depicts_Kepler-62e,_a_super-Earth-size_planet_in_the_habitable_zone.jpg|thumb|Conception of what Kepler-62e may look like]] '''Kepler-62e''' is a [[super-Earth]] [[extrasolar planet|exoplanet]] that circles in the [[habitable zone]] around the [[star]] [[Kepler-62]]. It is over 1,200 light years away in the direction of the [[Lyra]] [[constellation]]. It was discovered by the [[Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler Space Observatory]] in 2013. The planet is about 160% as large as Earth, and almost 450% as heavy. This makes it a super-Earth.<ref>https://science.sciencemag.org/content/340/6132/587 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416163104/https://science.sciencemag.org/content/340/6132/587 |date=2019-04-16 }} | REPORT: Kepler-62: A Five-Planet System with Planets of 1.4 and 1.6 Earth Radii in the Habitable Zone | Science 03 May 2013</ref> Kepler-62e is in the habitable zone, the zone around a star where the temperatures on a planet can support liquid water. It is a possible ocean world, and may have cloudy skies and may be warm and humid.<ref>https://www.space.com/20723-earth-like-alien-planets-habitable-zone-infographic.html | 3 Potentially Habitable 'Super-Earths' Explained (Infographic)| By Karl Tate | April 18, 2013</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Exoplanets]]