HATS-42 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting HATS-42.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 16 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 598 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,583 °C (2,881 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 15.69 × Earth
- Mass
- 597.5 × Earth
- Density
- 0.83 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,856 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.292 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.03689 AU
Star
- Host star
- HATS-42
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,060 K
- Radius
- 1.48 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.273 × Sun
- Age
- 3.26 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,610 light-years (800.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2018
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- HATSouth
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.