HATS-2

Planetary system · 1115.2 light-years away

HATS-2 is 1,115 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (HATSouth).

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Worth knowing

HATS-2 b goes round its star every 32.5 hours, 65 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK
Surface temperature5,227 K
Mass0.904 solar masses
Radius0.876 solar radii
Luminosity0.5395 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.565
Ageabout 7.2 billion years
Distance from the Sun1115.2 light-years (341.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 176.7388°, Dec -22.5630°
ConstellationCrater

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HATS-2 b32.5 hours0.0232 AU12.576 R⊕435.42 M⊕Transit, 2013

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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