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Exoplanet Kepler 56 d
Exoplanet Kepler 56 d orbits star Kepler 56 that lies 3033 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 1783.458 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
3033 light years
3033 light years
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Kepler 56 d
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: Kepler 56
Distance from the star: 2.16 AU
Orbit around star: 1002 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Kepler 56 d around its star is 1002 days (or 2.7 years).
The orbital period of an exoplanet is the time it takes to complete one full orbit around its star, usually measured in days. Most of the exoplanets discovered so far have orbital periods of less than one year...
More about Orbital period in StellarGuide
Eccentricity: 0.2Basic characteristic
Mass: 1783.458 M Earth
| 5.6119 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Kepler 56 d has 1783.458 Earth masses (or 5.6119 Jupiter masses).
The mass of an exoplanet is one of the most important characteristics for understanding what kind of world it is — whether it’s small and rocky like Earth or large and gaseous like Jupiter. Mass provides key information about the planet’s composition, gravity, and formation history...
More about Exoplanet mass in StellarGuide
Other designations of this exoplanet
KOI-1241 d, KIC 6448890 d, 2MASS 19350200+4152187 d
KOI-1241 d, KIC 6448890 d, 2MASS 19350200+4152187 d
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Kepler 56 system structure
Exoplanet Kepler 56 d orbits star Kepler 56, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is one of 3 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Kepler 56 | ||||||||
| Kepler 56 b | 0.1 AU | 22.3 M⊕ | 3.6 R⊕ | 10.5 days | |||||
| Kepler 56 c | 0.17 AU | 180.9 M⊕ | 9.8 R⊕ | 21.4 days | |||||
| Kepler 56 d | 2.16 AU | 1783.5 M⊕ | 1002 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Kepler 56 d has 5.61 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star between distances of Mars and Jupiter from the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 32426.51 | 2188.29 | 1783.46 | 16213.25 | 5.61 | 18.73 | 122.15 | 103.69 |
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Distance | 5.54 | 2.99 | 2.16 | 1.42 | 0.42 | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.07 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 1958.4 - 2821.4 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.