HAT-P-62 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HAT-P-62.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 242 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,239 °C (2,262 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 867 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.03 × Earth
- Mass
- 241.9 × Earth
- Density
- 0.77 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,512 K
- Starlight received
- 867.2 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 2.645 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.03772 AU
Star
- Host star
- HAT-P-62
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,629 K
- Radius
- 1.17 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.023 × Sun
- Age
- 8.1 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,138 light-years (348.8 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2021
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- HATNet
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.