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HATS-37 A b

HATS-37 A b is a Neptune-like planet orbiting the star HATS-37 A. Its year lasts 4.33 Earth days. It was discovered in 2020 by the Transit method.

Host starHATS-37 A
Distance691.1 light-years (211.9 pc)
Orbital period4.33 days
Orbital radius0.0491 AU
Eccentricity0.000
Radius6.79 R⊕ · 0.606 R♃
Mass31.5 M⊕ · 0.099 M♃
Density0.55 g/cm³
Surface gravity0.682 × Earth
Equilibrium temperature1,085 K (812 °C)
Stellar flux received230 × Earth
Discovery methodTransit
Discovery year2020
Discovered byHATSouth

Habitable zone

Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 230 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.

Its star in the sky

In the planet's sky its star is a disc 9.5° across: 18 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.34. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 67° N. South of latitude 67° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1335. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

Open in the simulation

Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.