Exoplanet

Kepler-56 d

Orbiting Kepler-56

Overview

Kepler-56 d is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-56, discovered in 2016 using the Radial Velocity method.

Key Measurements

Minimum Mass (M sin i)

1784.00

Earth masses

0500 M⊕

Orbital Period

1002.0

days

0.1d10,000d

Distance

913.0

parsecs

Nearby10,000 pc

Radius (Earth radii)

Unknown

Minimum Mass, M sin(i) (Earth masses)

1784.00

Radial-velocity minimum

Equilibrium Temperature

Unknown

Parameter source: Otor et al. 2016

Orbital Period

1002.000+5.0005.000days

Semi-Major Axis

2.1600+0.08000.0800au

M sin(i) (Earth masses)

1784.00+120.00120.00

M sin(i) (Jupiter masses)

5.6100+0.38000.3800

Eccentricity

0.2000+0.01000.0100

Argument of Periastron

-15.0+5.75.7deg

Radial Velocity Semi-Amplitude

95.21+1.841.84m/s

Distance from Earth

913.0 pc (~2978 ly)

Spectral Type

Unknown

Temperature

4819 K

Mass (Solar)

Unknown

Radius (Solar)

4.22 R☉

Luminosity

Unknown

Planets in System

3

Stars in System

1

Coordinates (RA, Dec)

293.7583°, 41.8718°

Discovery Method

Radial Velocity

Discovery Year

2016

Data Sources

Source ID: Kepler-56 d

System Context

Kepler-56 d orbits Kepler-56 and was reported in 2016 and was detected with the Radial Velocity method.

Published measurements list a minimum mass of 1,784 Earth masses (M sin i) and an orbital period of 1,002 days.

Catalog data places the system at about 913 parsecs from Earth and 3 known planets in the system.

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