HATS-56

Planetary system · 1840.9 light-years away · also TYC 8229-2228-1

HATS-56 is 1,841 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,536 K star; the first was found in 2019 by transit (HATSouth).

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Worth knowing

HATS-56 b goes round its star every 4.32 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,536 K
Mass1.573 solar masses
Radius2.201 solar radii
Luminosity7.9 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.477
Ageabout 1.894 billion years
Distance from the Sun1840.9 light-years (564.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 180.1651°, Dec -45.7995°
ConstellationCentaurus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HATS-56 b4.32 days0.0604 AU18.921 R⊕191.33 M⊕Transit, 2019

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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