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HATS-16 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/HATS-16 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

HATS-16 b

Orbiting HATS-16

Discovered in 2016 using Transit. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,016
Method: Transit
Radius: 14.5717 R⊕
Mass: 1,039.3041 M⊕
Orbit: 2.686502 days
Distance: 757.044 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 2.686502 days
Semi-major axis: 0.03744 AU
Eccentricity: 0
Radius: 14.5717 Earth radii
Mass: 1,039.3041 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 1.86 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 1,592 K
Insolation: 994.8095 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: HATS-16
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: G3 V
Stellar temperature: 5,738 K
Stellar radius: 1.238 R☉
Stellar mass: 0.97 M☉
Stellar metallicity: -0.1 dex
Stellar age: 9.5 Gyr
Distance: 757.044 parsecs
Right ascension: 23h54m14.12s
Declination: -30d00m46.94s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2,016
Publication date: 2016-07
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: HATSouth
Telescope: 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph
Instrument: Apogee 4K CCD Sensor
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

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