Kepler-56 c
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-56.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 9.8 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 181 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 21 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 9.8 × Earth
- Mass
- 181 × Earth
- Density
- 1.06 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 21.4 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.1652 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.