HATS-18

Planetary system · 2036.4 light-years away

HATS-18 is 2,036 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G V star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

HATS-18 b goes round its star every 20.1 hours, 105 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG V
Surface temperature5,600 K
Mass1.037 solar masses
Radius1.02 solar radii
Luminosity0.93 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.188
Ageabout 4.2 billion years
Distance from the Sun2036.4 light-years (624.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 173.9574°, Dec -29.1561°
ConstellationHydra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HATS-18 b20.1 hours0.0174 AU14.897 R⊕629.14 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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