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Kepler-56b

Summary

Kepler-56b is an exoplanet[1]. Kepler-56b draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #92 of 578).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kepler-56b is credited with the discovery of Kepler Space Telescope[3].
  • Kepler-56b's image is recorded as Kepler-56 System Diagram.jpg[4].
  • Kepler-56b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[5].
  • Kepler-56b's constellation is recorded as Cygnus[6].
  • Kepler-56b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Kepler-56[7].
  • Kepler-56b's catalog code is recorded as Kepler-56b[8].
  • Kepler-56b's catalog code is recorded as KOI-1241.02[9].
  • Kepler-56b's catalog code is recorded as KOI-1241b[10].
  • Kepler-56b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 138430034b[11].
  • Kepler-56b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2013-10-16T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Kepler-56b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Kepler-56b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2013-01-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Kepler-56b's discovery method is recorded as transit method[15].
  • Kepler-56b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}[16].
  • Kepler-56b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+83.84'}[17].
  • Kepler-56b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.1145369838'}[18].
  • Kepler-56b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q681996', 'amount': '+32'}[19].
  • Kepler-56b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1155470', 'amount': '+4.768'}[20].
  • Kepler-56b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+10.50106713'}[21].
  • Kepler-56b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+1.0673'}[22].
  • Kepler-56b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.1113862791'}[23].
  • Kepler-56b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-11'}[24].
  • Kepler-56b's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+66000'}[25].
  • Kepler-56b's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b7hhm3bq[26].
  • Kepler-56b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as Kepler-56b[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Kepler-56b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include Kepler-56b[8], KOI-1241.02[9], KOI-1241b[10], and TIC 138430034b[11].

Why It Matters

Kepler-56b draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #92 of 578).[2] Kepler-56b has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Kepler Space Telescope

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Transit timing observations from Kepler – VII. Confirmation of 27 planets in 13 multiplanet systems via transit timing variations and orbital stability. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Transit timing observations from Kepler – VII. Confirmation of 27 planets in 13 multiplanet systems via transit timing variations and orbital stability. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . The orbit and mass of the third planet in the Kepler-56 system. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . The Kepler Giant Planet Search. I: A Decade of Kepler Planet-host Radial Velocities from W. M. Keck Observatory. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Kepler planet masses and eccentricities from TTV analysis. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . The Kepler Giant Planet Search. I: A Decade of Kepler Planet-host Radial Velocities from W. M. Keck Observatory. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Transit timing observations from Kepler. IX. Catalog of the full long-cadence data set. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . The Kepler Giant Planet Search. I: A Decade of Kepler Planet-host Radial Velocities from W. M. Keck Observatory. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The orbit and mass of the third planet in the Kepler-56 system. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Fundamental properties of Kepler planet-candidate host stars using asteroseismology. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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