HAT-P-56

Planetary system · 1045.8 light-years away · also HD 262389, HIP 32209

HAT-P-56 is 1,046 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F8 star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (HATNet).

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Worth knowing

HAT-P-56 b goes round its star every 2.79 days, 32 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF8
Surface temperature6,566 K
Mass1.42 solar masses
Radius1.47 solar radii
Luminosity3.571 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.92
Ageabout 2.01 billion years
Distance from the Sun1045.8 light-years (320.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 100.8480°, Dec 27.2522°
ConstellationGemini

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HAT-P-56 b2.79 days0.0423 AU16.926 R⊕734.19 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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