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V1298 Tau d | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/V1298 Tau d

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

V1298 Tau d

Orbiting V1298 Tau

Discovered in 2019 using Transit. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,019
Method: Transit
Radius: 6.53 R⊕
Mass: 6 M⊕
Orbit: 12.401394 days
Distance: 108.199 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 12.401394 days
Semi-major axis: 0.1081 AU
Eccentricity: 0.0087
Radius: 6.53 Earth radii
Mass: 6 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 0.12 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 831 K
Insolation: 85 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: V1298 Tau
Stars in system: 3
Known planets in system: 4
Spectral type: K1
Stellar temperature: 4,970 K
Stellar radius: 1.32 R☉
Stellar mass: 1.1 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.1 dex
Stellar age: 0.02 Gyr
Distance: 108.199 parsecs
Right ascension: 04h05m19.60s
Declination: +20d09m25.31s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2,019
Publication date: 2019-11
Discovery locale: Space
Facility: K2
Telescope: 0.95 m Kepler Telescope
Instrument: Kepler CCD Array
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Visual archive

Gallery

One image from V1298 Tau d.

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