HAT-P-38

Planetary system · 832.4 light-years away

HAT-P-38 is 832 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G5 star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (HATNet).

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Worth knowing

HAT-P-38 b goes round its star every 4.64 days, 19 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG5
Surface temperature5,330 K
Mass0.886 solar masses
Radius0.923 solar radii
Luminosity0.6194 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.525
Ageabout 10.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun832.4 light-years (255.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 35.3835°, Dec 32.2460°
ConstellationTriangulum

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HAT-P-38 b4.64 days0.0523 AU9.247 R⊕84.857 M⊕Transit, 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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