Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-56 b
Host star Kepler-56 • 6.51 R⊕ • 10.50 d orbit
Records
16
archive rows
Discovery
2012
Transit
Radius
6.51 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
22.10 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
10.50 day
10.50 to 10.50
Semi-Major Axis
0.10 au
0.10 to 0.11
Radius
6.51 Rearth
3.84 to 6.51
Mass
22.10 Mearth
22.10 to 236.2
Density
0.44 g/cm**3
0.44 to 1.85
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 6.51 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-56 b
6.51 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
16
Refs
16
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 4.96 Rearth | — | 1368 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 3.84 Rearth | — | — | Steffen et al. 2013 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 6.51 Rearth | 236.2 Mearth | — | Hadden et al. 2014 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | — | 30 Mearth | — | Otor et al. 2016 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 4.77 Rearth | — | — | Fulton & Petigura 2018 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 5.39 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 5.68 Rearth | — | 1378 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 5.10 Rearth | 32 Mearth | — | Hadden & Lithwick 2017 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 6.51 Rearth | 22.10 Mearth | — | Huber et al. 2013 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 4.96 Rearth | — | 1368 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 4.77 Rearth | 36.40 Mearth | — | Weiss et al. 2024 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 3.84 Rearth | — | 1196 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 4.96 Rearth | — | 1368 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.50 day | 4.50 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |