HAT-P-4

Planetary system · 1045.2 light-years away

HAT-P-4 is 1,045 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F star; the first was found in 2007 by transit (HATNet).

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Worth knowing

HAT-P-4 b goes round its star every 3.06 days, 29 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

HAT-P-4 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 typeF
Surface temperature5,860 K
Mass1.248 solar masses
Radius1.596 solar radii
Luminosity2.698 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.118
Ageabout 3.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun1045.2 light-years (320.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 229.9912°, Dec 36.2295°
ConstellationBoötes

The other star

HAT-P-4 B is a G2 star of magnitude 11.53, judged a true companion. In 2016 it was 91.8″ from HAT-P-4, at position angle 164° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 15200+3614 MUG 15): 29,418 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HAT-P-4 b3.06 days0.0444 AU14.28 R⊕213.25 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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