POTS-1

Planetary system · 2439.5 light-years away

POTS-1 is 2,440 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K5 V star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

POTS-1 b goes round its star every 3.16 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK5 V
Surface temperature4,400 K
Mass0.695 solar masses
Radius0.588 solar radii
Luminosity0.08187 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude17.9083
Distance from the Sun2439.5 light-years (748.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 203.6087°, Dec -66.5812°
ConstellationMusca

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
POTS-1 b3.16 days0.0373 AU10.548 R⊕734.16 M⊕Transit, 2013

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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