HAT-P-12b
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| Extrasolar planet | List of extrasolar planets | |
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| Parent star | ||
| Star | HAT-P-12 | |
| Constellation | Canes Venatici | |
| Right ascension | (α) | 13h 57m 434s |
| Declination | (δ) | +43° 29′ 37″ |
| Apparent magnitude | (mV) | 12.84 |
| Distance | 464.77 ± 190 ly (142.5 ± 13.7 pc) |
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| Spectral type | K4 | |
| Orbital elements | ||
| Semimajor axis | (a) | 0.0384 ± 0.0003[1] AU |
| Eccentricity | (e) | 0 (assumed)[1] |
| Orbital period | (P) | 3.2130598 ± 0.0000021[1] d |
| Inclination | (i) | 89.0 ± 0.4[1]° |
| Time of transit | (Tt) | 2,454,419.19556 ± 0.00020[1] JD |
| Physical characteristics | ||
| Mass | (m) | 0.211 ± 0.012[1] MJ |
| Radius | (r) | 0.959 ± 0.029[1] RJ |
| Density | (ρ) | 295 ± 25[1] kg m-3 |
| Discovery information | ||
| Discovery date | April 29, 2009 | |
| Discoverer(s) | Hartman et al. | |
| Detection method | Transit | |
| Discovery site | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| Discovery status | Preprint | |
| Database references | ||
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia |
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| SIMBAD | data | |
HAT-P-12b is an extrasolar planet approximately 465 light years away from Earth, orbiting the 13th magnitude K-type star HAT-P-12, which is located in Canes Venatici constellation. It is a transiting hot Jupiter that was discovered by the HATNet Project on April 29, 2009.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h J. D. Hartman; G. Á. Bakos; G. Torre; Géza Kovács; R. W. Noyes; A. Pál; D. W. Latham; B. Sipöcz; D. A. Fischer; J. A. Johnson; G. W. Marcy; R. P. Butler; A. W. Howard; G. A. Esquerdo; D. D. Sasselov; Gábor Kovács; R. P. Stefanik; J. M. Fernandez; J. Lázár; I. Papp; P. Sári (2009). "HAT-P-12b: A Low-Density Sub-Saturn Mass Planet Transiting a Metal-Poor K Dwarf". arXiv:0904.4704 [astro-ph].
[edit] External links
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