The Kepler-56 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 2977.78 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 1.32 solar masses |
| Radius | 4.23 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 4840 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | 0.2 decimal exponent |
| Age | 3.5 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-56 b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
| Mass | 22.100 Earth masses |
| Density | 0.442 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 6.510 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.1028 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.04 |
| Orbital Period | 10.502 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2013-01 |
| Reference | Steffen et al. 2013 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-56 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
| Mass | 181.000 Earth masses |
| Density | 1.060 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 9.800 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.1652 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| Orbital Period | 21.402 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2013-01 |
| Reference | Steffen et al. 2013 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-56 d is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
| Mass | 1784.000 Earth masses |
| Density | 4.670 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 12.800 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 2.16 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.2 |
| Orbital Period | 1002.000 days |
| Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery Facility | Multiple Observatories |
| Discovery Telescope | Multiple Telescopes |
| Discovery Instrument | Multiple Instruments |
| Discovery Date | 2016-12 |
| Reference | Otor et al. 2016 |