Kepler-56
Graphical sketch of the Kepler-56 system. The line of sight from Earth is illustrated by the dashed line, and dotted lines show the orbits of three detected companions in the system. The solid arrow marks the rotation axis of the host star, and the thin solid line marks the host star equator. Credit: NASA GSFC/Ames/D Huber | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Right ascension | 19h 35m 02.0012s |
| Declination | +41° 52′ 18.692″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.8 |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | red giant branch |
| Spectral type | K3III |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −53.7 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −6.596(12) mas/yr Dec.: −12.081(13) mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 1.0755±0.0118 mas |
| Distance | 3,030 ± 30 ly (930 ± 10 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.29±0.01 M☉ |
| Radius | 4.18±0.13 R☉ |
| Luminosity (bolometric) | 9.59±0.13 L☉ |
| Temperature | 4,973±14 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.025±0.013 dex |
| Age | 3.92±0.156 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Kepler-56, KOI-1241, KIC 6448890, 2MASS 19350200+4152187 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Kepler-56 is a red giant in constellation Cygnus roughly 3,030 light-years (930 pc) away with slightly more mass than the Sun.