Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-56 c
Host star Kepler-56 • 9.80 R⊕ • 21.40 d orbit
Records
16
archive rows
Discovery
2012
Transit
Radius
9.80 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
181 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-56
temperature unconstrained
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Huber et al. 2013
Host Star
Kepler-56
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2012
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
21.40 day
21.40 to 21.41
Semi-Major Axis
0.17 au
0.17 to 0.18
Radius
9.80 Rearth
7.85 to 11.64
Mass
181 Mearth
137.6 to 286.8
Density
1.06 g/cm**3
0.60 to 1.06
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 9.80 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-56 c
9.80 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
16
Refs
16
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | 9.80 Rearth | 286.8 Mearth | — | Hadden et al. 2014 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | 11.34 Rearth | — | 1079 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | 10.89 Rearth | — | — | Fulton & Petigura 2018 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 11.05 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | — | 195 Mearth | — | Otor et al. 2016 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | 11.34 Rearth | — | 1079 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | 10.60 Rearth | 137.6 Mearth | — | Hadden & Lithwick 2017 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | 7.85 Rearth | — | — | Steffen et al. 2013 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | 11.64 Rearth | — | 1087 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | 11.43 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | 11.34 Rearth | — | 1079 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.40 day | 9.80 Rearth | 181 Mearth | — | Huber et al. 2013 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | 10.89 Rearth | 235.6 Mearth | — | Weiss et al. 2024 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | 7.86 Rearth | — | 944 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 21.41 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |