HATS-68

Planetary system · 1969.8 light-years away

HATS-68 is 1,970 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,147 K star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (HATSouth).

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Worth knowing

HATS-68 b goes round its star every 3.59 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,147 K
Mass1.351 solar masses
Radius1.748 solar radii
Luminosity3.91 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.312
Ageabout 3.02 billion years
Distance from the Sun1969.8 light-years (603.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 15.0061°, Dec -58.9047°
ConstellationTucana

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HATS-68 b3.59 days0.0507 AU13.809 R⊕410 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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