HATS-12

Planetary system · 2433.6 light-years away

HATS-12 is 2,434 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (HATSouth).

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Worth knowing

HATS-12 b goes round its star every 3.14 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF
Surface temperature6,357 K
Mass1.16 solar masses
Radius1.17 solar radii
Luminosity7.3 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.831
Ageabout 2.36 billion years
Distance from the Sun2433.6 light-years (746.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 289.2024°, Dec -19.3559°
ConstellationSagittarius

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HATS-12 b3.14 days0.0441 AU7.76 R⊕759.61 M⊕Transit, 2016

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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