Qatar-1

Planetary system · 605.4 light-years away

Qatar-1 is 605 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,013 K star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (Qatar).

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Worth knowing

Qatar-1 b goes round its star every 34.1 hours, 62 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,013 K
Mass0.838 solar masses
Radius0.803 solar radii
Luminosity0.365 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.692
Ageabout 1.19 billion years
Distance from the Sun605.4 light-years (185.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 303.3819°, Dec 65.1623°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Qatar-1 b34.1 hours0.0233 AU12.812 R⊕411.27 M⊕Transit, 2010

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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