HATS-8

Planetary system · 2591.8 light-years away

HATS-8 is 2,592 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,679 K star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (HATSouth).

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Worth knowing

HATS-8 b goes round its star every 3.58 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,679 K
Mass1.056 solar masses
Radius1.086 solar radii
Luminosity0.9436 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.512
Ageabout 5.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun2591.8 light-years (794.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.9417°, Dec -25.7484°
ConstellationSagittarius

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HATS-8 b3.58 days0.0467 AU9.7855 R⊕43.861 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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