This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-56c. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013MNRAS.428.1077S | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 8 / 20 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 35 02.00 | h m s |
| Declination | +41 52 18.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 293.75833 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 41.87186 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.72 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.23 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.538 ( 12.91 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454978.65600 ± 0.0056 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 21.40239 ± 0.00060 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2013Sci...342..331H |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4840 ± 97 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.20 ± 0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.32 ± 0.13 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 4.23 ± 0.15 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 3.31 ± 0.01 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.0174 ± 0.0004 ( 0.02455 ± 0.00056 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.1652 ± 0.0059 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.569 +0.066 −0.060 ( 180 +20 −19 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.874 ± 0.041 ( 9.80 ± 0.46 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 19.0 +1.9 −1.8 3.28 +0.04 −0.04 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.799 +0.106 −0.098 ( 1.06 +0.14 −0.13 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2013Sci...342..331H |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Huber et al.(2013) | misaligned |
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