HATS-6

Planetary system · 552.2 light-years away · also HD 39500 B

HATS-6 is 552 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M1 V star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (HATSouth).

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Worth knowing

HATS-6 b goes round its star every 3.33 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM1 V
Surface temperature3,724 K
Mass0.574 solar masses
Radius0.57 solar radii
Luminosity0.07946 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.044
Ageabout 8.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun552.2 light-years (169.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 88.1468°, Dec -19.0316°
ConstellationLepus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HATS-6 b3.33 days0.0362 AU11.187 R⊕101.39 M⊕Transit, 2015

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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