HAT-P-61

Planetary system · 1105.1 light-years away

HAT-P-61 is 1,105 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,587 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (HATNet).

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Worth knowing

HAT-P-61 b goes round its star every 45.7 hours, 46 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,587 K
Mass1.004 solar masses
Radius0.938 solar radii
Luminosity0.767 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.096
Ageabout 2.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun1105.1 light-years (338.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 75.4802°, Dec 50.1312°
ConstellationAuriga

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HAT-P-61 b45.7 hours0.0301 AU10.077 R⊕335.94 M⊕Transit, 2021

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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