HAT-P-6

Planetary system · 898.1 light-years away · also TYC 3239-992-1

HAT-P-6 is 898 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,570 K star; the first was found in 2007 by transit (HATNet).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

HAT-P-6 b goes round its star every 3.85 days, 23 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,570 K
Mass1.79 solar masses
Radius1.62 solar radii
Luminosity3.57 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.469
Ageabout 2.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun898.1 light-years (275.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 354.7741°, Dec 42.4660°
ConstellationAndromeda

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HAT-P-6 b3.85 days0.0524 AU16.589 R⊕419.54 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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