Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-956 b
Host star Kepler-956 • 3 R⊕ • 5.25 d orbit
Records
10
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
3 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
—
default parameter set
Kepler-956
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: Morton et al. 2016
Host Star
Kepler-956
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
5.25 day
5.25 to 5.25
Radius
3 Rearth
2.42 to 3
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 3 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-956 b
3 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
10
Refs
10
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.25 day | 2.59 Rearth | — | — | Fulton & Petigura 2018 |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.25 day | 3 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.25 day | 2.84 Rearth | — | 1056 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.25 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.25 day | 2.42 Rearth | — | 1088 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.25 day | 2.69 Rearth | — | 1106 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.25 day | 2.69 Rearth | — | 1106 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.25 day | 2.69 Rearth | — | 1106 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.25 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 2.79 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |