Kepler-56 d
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-56.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 1,784 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.7 Earth years.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 1,784 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1,002 days
- Average distance from its star
- 2.16 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-56
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,819 K
- Radius
- 4.218 × Sun
- Mass
- Unknown
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,978 light-years (913 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 3
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Multiple Observatories
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.