The HAT-P-8 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 689.99 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.27 solar masses |
Radius | 1.57 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6200 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.01 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.4 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HAT-P-8 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 406.822 Earth masses |
Density | 0.568 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 15.693 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.04496 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.076 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | HATNet |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | 2K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2009-10 |
Reference | Latham et al. 2009 |