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Exoplanet HATS-46 b
Exoplanet HATS-46 b orbits star HATS-46 that lies 1480 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 50.229 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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HATS-46 b
Exoplanet
Star: HATS-46
Distance from the star: 0.05272 AU
Orbit around star: 4.742374 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet HATS-46 b around its star is 4.742374 days.
The orbital period of an exoplanet is the time it takes to complete one full orbit around its star, usually measured in days. Most of the exoplanets discovered so far have orbital periods of less than one year...
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Eccentricity: 0.559Basic characteristic
Mass: 50.229 M Earth
| 0.1581 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet HATS-46 b has 50.229 Earth masses (or 0.1581 Jupiter masses).
The mass of an exoplanet is one of the most important characteristics for understanding what kind of world it is — whether it’s small and rocky like Earth or large and gaseous like Jupiter. Mass provides key information about the planet’s composition, gravity, and formation history...
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Size: 10.66 R Earth | 1 R Jupiter
Density: 229 kg/m3 | 4.15 % Earth
Temperature: 1082.1 K | 808.95 °C
Year of discovery: 2017 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
TOI-115 b, 2MASS-00264858-5618580 b
TOI-115 b, 2MASS-00264858-5618580 b
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Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, HATS-46 b has 53 % of mass of Saturn and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mass | 913.25 | 61.63 | 50.23 | 456.63 | 0.16 | 0.53 | 3.44 | 2.92 |
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Size | 27.84 | 11.22 | 10.66 | 20.11 | 0.95 | 1.17 | 2.67 | 2.81 |
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Density | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.13 |
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Distance | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 2.46 | 1.47 | 3.76 | 5.2 | 6.64 | 8.14 | 13.87 | 15.03 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.86 - 1.2 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.