The HATS-8 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2591.76 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.06 solar masses |
Radius | 1.09 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5679 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.21 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.1 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HATS-8 b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 43.861 Earth masses |
Density | 0.259 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 9.785 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.04667 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.376 |
Orbital Period | 3.584 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | HATSouth |
Discovery Telescope | 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph |
Discovery Instrument | Apogee 4K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2015-08 |
Reference | Bayliss et al. 2015 |