This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-56b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013MNRAS.428.1077S | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 8 / 20 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 35 02.00 | h m s |
| Declination | +41 52 18.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 293.75833 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 41.87186 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.72 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.23 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.550 ( 13.20 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454978.2556 ± 0.0057 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 10.5016 ± 0.0010 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2013Sci...342..331H |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4840 ± 97 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.20 ± 0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.32 ± 0.13 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 4.23 ± 0.15 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 3.31 ± 0.01 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.0174 ± 0.0004 ( 0.02455 ± 0.00056 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.1028 ± 0.0037 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.069 +0.012 −0.011 ( 21.9 +3.8 −3.5 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.581 ± 0.025 ( 6.51 ± 0.28 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 5.40 +0.84 −0.78 2.73 +0.06 −0.07 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.333 +0.060 −0.054 ( 0.442 +0.080 −0.072 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2013Sci...342..331H |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Huber et al.(2013) | misaligned |
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