HAT-P-21

Planetary system · 904.4 light-years away · also TYC 3013-1229-1

HAT-P-21 is 904 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G3 star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (HATNet).

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Worth knowing

HAT-P-21 b goes round its star every 4.12 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG3
Surface temperature5,588 K
Mass1.24 solar masses
Radius1.21 solar radii
Luminosity1.52 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.459
Ageabout 10.2 billion years
Distance from the Sun904.4 light-years (277.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 171.2749°, Dec 41.0280°
ConstellationUrsa Major

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HAT-P-21 b4.12 days0.0504 AU12.442 R⊕1547.8 M⊕Transit, 2010

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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