Skip to content
HAT-P-5 b

Image by soramang on Pixabay · Pixabay License

EntityQ259227· pop 11· linked from 122 articles

Also known as Kráľomoc

HAT-P-5 b is a transiting extrasolar planet located approximately 1000 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra, orbiting the star HAT-P-5. It is a hot Jupiter with a mass 6% greater than Jupiter and a radius 26% greater than Jupiter, corresponding to a density of 0.66 g/cm3, which is less than water. This planet was found by Bakos et al. on October 9, 2007.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Pl
Distance
1,013 light-years
Coordinates
RA 274.4055° · Dec 36.6214°
View on SIMBAD →

via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg

Key facts

Planet.name
HAT-P-5 b / Kráľomoc
Planet.image
Exoplanet Comparison HAT-P-5 b.png
Planet.caption
Size comparison of HAT-P-5 b with Jupiter.
Planet.discoverer
Bakos et al.
Planet.discovered
October 9, 2007
Planet.discovery_method
transit
Planet.apsis
astron
Planet.eccentricity
0
Planet.period
2.788491 ± 2.5e-5 d
Planet.inclination
86.75 ± 0.44
Planet.star
HAT-P-5
Planet.mean_radius
1.204
Planet.mass
0.989
Planet.single_temperature
1485

via Wikipedia infobox

Exoplanet data

Host star
HAT-P-5
Discovered
2007
Discovered by
HATNet
Orbital period
2.79 days
Radius
13.56 × Earth
Mass
311.47 × Earth
Equilibrium temp
1517 K
Distance
303.34 pc

via NASA Exoplanet Archive

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Physical properties
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

HAT-P-5 b is a transiting extrasolar planet located approximately 1000 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra, orbiting the star HAT-P-5. It is a hot Jupiter with a mass 6% greater than Jupiter and a radius 26% greater than Jupiter, corresponding to a density of 0.66 g/cm3, which is less than water. This planet was found by Bakos et al. on October 9, 2007.

The planet HAT-P-5 b is named Kráľomoc. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Slovakia, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Kráľomoc is an ancient Slovak term for the planet Jupiter.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “HAT-P-5 b” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.