Kepler-56 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-56.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 6.5 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 22 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 11 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 6.51 × Earth
- Mass
- 22.1 × Earth
- Density
- 0.442 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 10.5 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.1028 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-56
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,840 K
- Radius
- 4.23 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.32 × Sun
- Age
- 3.5 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,978 light-years (913 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 3
Discovery
- Year
- 2012
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.