HATS-59

Planetary system · 2096.8 light-years away

HATS-59 is 2,097 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,670 K star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (HATSouth).

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Worth knowing

HATS-59 b goes round its star every 5.42 days, 16 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,670 K
Mass1.038 solar masses
Radius1.036 solar radii
Luminosity0.99 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.033
Ageabout 4.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun2096.8 light-years (642.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 170.3243°, Dec -22.3882°
ConstellationCrater

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HATS-59 b5.42 days0.0611 AU12.621 R⊕256.17 M⊕Transit, 2018
HATS-59 c3.9 years2.504 AU12.3 R⊕ estimated4036.4 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2018

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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