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Exoplanet HAT-P-12 b
Exoplanet HAT-P-12 b orbits star HAT-P-12 that lies 463 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 67.078 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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HAT-P-12 b
Exoplanet
Star: HAT-P-12
Distance from the star: 0.0384 AU
Orbit around star: 3.213057 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet HAT-P-12 b around its star is 3.213057 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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Basic characteristic
Mass: 67.078 M Earth
| 0.2111 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet HAT-P-12 b has 67.078 Earth masses (or 0.2111 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: 10.749 R Earth | 1 R Jupiter
Density: 298 kg/m3 | 5.41 % Earth
Temperature: 965 K | 691.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2009 (transit)Advertisement
HAT-P-12 system structure
Exoplanet HAT-P-12 b orbits star HAT-P-12, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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HAT-P-12 | ||||||||
| HAT-P-12 c unconfirmed |
n/a | 6.4 M⊕ | - | ||||||
| HAT-P-12 b | 0.04 AU | 67.1 M⊕ | 10.7 R⊕ | 3.2 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, HAT-P-12 b has 70 % 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 | 1219.6 | 82.3 | 67.08 | 609.8 | 0.21 | 0.7 | 4.59 | 3.9 |
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Size | 28.07 | 11.31 | 10.75 | 20.28 | 0.96 | 1.18 | 2.69 | 2.83 |
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Density | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.43 | 0.24 | 0.17 |
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Distance | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 2.19 | 1.31 | 3.35 | 4.64 | 5.92 | 7.26 | 12.37 | 13.4 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.47 - 0.67 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.