HAT-P-3

Planetary system · 438.9 light-years away

HAT-P-3 is 439 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K1 star; the first was found in 2007 by transit (HATNet).

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Worth knowing

HAT-P-3 b goes round its star every 2.90 days, 30 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

HAT-P-3 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 typeK1
Surface temperature5,185 K
Mass1.06 solar masses
Radius0.87 solar radii
Luminosity0.4365 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.856
Ageabout 1.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun438.9 light-years (134.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 206.0940°, Dec 48.0286°
ConstellationUrsa Major

The other star

HAT-P-3 B has no spectral type listed of magnitude 18.5, moving through space with it. In 2015 it was 9.8″ from HAT-P-3, at position angle 170° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 13444+4802 FMR 245): 1,319 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger. Its colour is estimated from its brightness.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HAT-P-3 b2.90 days0.0387 AU10.536 R⊕206.59 M⊕Transit, 2007

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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