HAT-P-1

Planetary system · 518.5 light-years away · also BD+37 4734 B

HAT-P-1 is 519 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G0 V star; the first was found in 2006 by transit (HATNet).

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Worth knowing

HAT-P-1 b goes round its star every 4.47 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

HAT-P-1 is one of 2 stars in its system: the other is drawn where the Washington Double Star Catalog measures it on the sky.

The star

Spectral typeG0 V
Surface temperature5,980 K
Mass1.151 solar masses
Radius1.174 solar radii
Luminosity1.677 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.827
Ageabout 3.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun518.5 light-years (159.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 344.4454°, Dec 38.6749°
ConstellationLacerta

The other star

HAT-P-1 A is a F8 star of magnitude 9.81, moving through space with it. In 2016 it was 11.4″ from HAT-P-1, at position angle 253° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 22578+3840 HJ 1832): 1,812 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HAT-P-1 b4.47 days0.0556 AU14.785 R⊕166.86 M⊕Transit, 2006

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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