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HATS-6 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/HATS-6 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

HATS-6 b

Orbiting HATS-6

Discovered in 2015 using Transit. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,015
Method: Transit
Radius: 11.186582 R⊕
Mass: 101.38777 M⊕
Orbit: 3.325273 days
Distance: 169.318 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 3.325273 days
Semi-major axis: 0.03623 AU
Eccentricity: 0
Radius: 11.186582 Earth radii
Mass: 101.38777 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 0.399 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 712.8 K
Insolation: 47.3315 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: HATS-6
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: M1 V
Stellar temperature: 3,724 K
Stellar radius: 0.57 R☉
Stellar mass: 0.574 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.2 dex
Stellar age: 8.1 Gyr
Distance: 169.318 parsecs
Right ascension: 05h52m35.23s
Declination: -19d01m53.86s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2,015
Publication date: 2015-05
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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