Qatar-4

Planetary system · 1073.2 light-years away

Qatar-4 is 1,073 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K1 V star; the first was found in 2017 by transit (Qatar).

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Worth knowing

Qatar-4 b goes round its star every 43.3 hours, 49 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK1 V
Surface temperature5,215 K
Mass0.896 solar masses
Radius0.849 solar radii
Luminosity0.481 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.574
Ageabout 0.17 billion years
Distance from the Sun1073.2 light-years (329.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 4.8593°, Dec 44.0276°
ConstellationAndromeda

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Qatar-4 b43.3 hours0.0280 AU12.722 R⊕1938.8 M⊕Transit, 2017

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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