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Kepler-56

Kepler-56 is a giant star 2.98 thousand light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 4,840 K, 1.3 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 3.5 billion years. It has 3 known planets.

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Planets
3 
Distance
2.98 thousand light-years913 pc
Star
4,840 K4.2 R☉

About this system

The innermost, Kepler-56 b, circles it in 10.5 days; the outermost, Kepler-56 d, in 2.74 years.

Worlds of Kepler-56

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
Kepler-56 bNeptune-like 0.58 × Jupiter10.5 days1,378 K
Kepler-56 cNeptune-like 0.87 × Jupiter21.4 days1,087 K
Kepler-56 dGas giant 1.1 × Jupiter2.74 years325 K