HAT-P-46

Planetary system · 948.3 light-years away

HAT-P-46 is 948 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,120 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (HATNet).

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Worth knowing

HAT-P-46 b goes round its star every 4.46 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,120 K
Mass1.284 solar masses
Radius1.396 solar radii
Luminosity2.46 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.997
Ageabout 2.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun948.3 light-years (290.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 270.4442°, Dec -2.9710°
ConstellationSerpens

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HAT-P-46 b4.46 days0.0577 AU14.392 R⊕156.68 M⊕Transit, 2014

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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