LHS 1815

Planetary system · 97.3 light-years away · also HIP 28754

LHS 1815 is 97.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M1 star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

LHS 1815 b goes round its star every 3.81 days, 23 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM1
Surface temperature3,643 K
Mass0.502 solar masses
Radius0.501 solar radii
Luminosity0.041 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.167
Distance from the Sun97.3 light-years (29.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 91.0900°, Dec -55.3115°
ConstellationPictor

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
LHS 1815 b3.81 days0.0404 AU1.088 R⊕1.58 M⊕Transit, 2020

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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