HATS-61

Planetary system · 2217.1 light-years away

HATS-61 is 2,217 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,542 K star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (HATSouth).

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Worth knowing

HATS-61 b goes round its star every 7.82 days, 11 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,542 K
Mass1.076 solar masses
Radius1.664 solar radii
Luminosity2.34 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.352
Ageabout 8.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun2217.1 light-years (679.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 61.6578°, Dec -25.3497°
ConstellationEridanus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HATS-61 b7.82 days0.0791 AU13.395 R⊕1080.6 M⊕Transit, 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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