HAT-P-50

Planetary system · 1681.2 light-years away

HAT-P-50 is 1,681 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F5 star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (HATNet).

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Worth knowing

HAT-P-50 b goes round its star every 3.12 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF5
Surface temperature6,280 K
Mass1.273 solar masses
Radius1.698 solar radii
Luminosity4.01 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.703
Ageabout 3.37 billion years
Distance from the Sun1681.2 light-years (515.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 118.0634°, Dec 12.1393°
ConstellationCanis Minor

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HAT-P-50 b3.12 days0.0453 AU14.437 R⊕429.07 M⊕Transit, 2015

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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