Kepler-56b
A diagram of the planetary system of Kepler-56 | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Daniel Huber et al. |
| Discovery date | 16 October 2013 |
| Transit method | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.1028 ± 0.0037 AU (15,380,000 ± 550,000 km) | |
| 10.5016+0.0011 −0.0010 d | |
| Star | Kepler-56 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 6.51+0.29 −0.28 R🜨 | |
| Mass | 22.1+3.9 −3.6 M🜨 |
Mean density | 0.442+0.080 −0.072 g cm−3 |
Kepler-56b (KOI-1241.02) is a hot Neptune—a class of exoplanets—located roughly 3,060 light-years (940 parsecs) away. It is somewhat larger than Neptune and orbits its parent star Kepler-56 and was discovered in 2013 by the Kepler Space Telescope.