Qatar-9

Planetary system · 697.2 light-years away

Qatar-9 is 697 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K5 V star; the first was found in 2019 by transit (Qatar).

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Worth knowing

Qatar-9 b goes round its star every 37.0 hours, 57 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK5 V
Surface temperature4,309 K
Mass0.719 solar masses
Radius0.696 solar radii
Luminosity0.151 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.023
Ageabout 7.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun697.2 light-years (213.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 160.7481°, Dec 60.9641°
ConstellationUrsa Major

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Qatar-9 b37.0 hours0.0234 AU11.31 R⊕378.22 M⊕Transit, 2019

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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