HATS-51

Planetary system · 1270.6 light-years away

HATS-51 is 1,271 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,758 K star; the first was found in 2017 by transit (HATSouth).

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Worth knowing

HATS-51 b goes round its star every 3.35 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,758 K
Mass1.187 solar masses
Radius1.44 solar radii
Luminosity2.04 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.525
Ageabout 4.74 billion years
Distance from the Sun1270.6 light-years (389.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 102.8474°, Dec -29.0587°
ConstellationCanis Major

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HATS-51 b3.35 days0.0464 AU15.805 R⊕244.09 M⊕Transit, 2017

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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