page_title: Kepler-56b
hierarchical_section_title: Kepler-56b
caption_attribution_description: English: Graphical sketch of the Kepler-56 system. The line of sight from Earth is illustrated by the dashed line, and dotted lines show the orbits of three detected companions in the system. The solid arrow marks the rotation axis of the host star, and the thin solid line marks the host star equator.
context_page_description: Kepler-56b is an exoplanet located roughly 3,060 light years away. It is somewhat
  larger than Neptune and orbits its parent star Kepler-56 and was discovered in 2013 by the Kepler Space Telescope.
context_section_description: Kepler-56b (KOI-1241.02) is an exoplanet located roughly 3,060 light years away. It is somewhat 
  larger than Neptune and orbits its parent star Kepler-56 and was discovered in 2013 by the Kepler Space Telescope.
caption: A diagram of the planetary system of Kepler-56
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