HAT-P-17

Planetary system · 301.3 light-years away

HAT-P-17 is 301 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (HATNet).

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Worth knowing

HAT-P-17 b goes round its star every 10.3 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK
Surface temperature5,246 K
Mass0.99 solar masses
Radius0.87 solar radii
Luminosity0.5141 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.375
Ageabout 7 billion years
Distance from the Sun301.3 light-years (92.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 324.5360°, Dec 30.4882°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HAT-P-17 b10.3 days0.0892 AU11.769 R⊕184.34 M⊕Transit, 2012
HAT-P-17 c15.3 years5.600 AU13.1 R⊕ estimated1080.6 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2012

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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