Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Sato et. al. (HATNet) |
Discovery date | October 2012 |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Periastron | 0.04943 AU |
Apoastron | 0.05519 AU |
0.05231+0.00085 −0.00089 AU[2] | |
Eccentricity | <0.055[2] |
4.6403288±0.0000011 d[3] | |
Inclination | 88.3°±0.7° |
240°±104° | |
Semi-amplitude | 35.4±2.4 km/s |
Star | HAT-P-38 |
Physical characteristics[1] | |
0.825+0.092 −0.063 RJ | |
Mass | 0.267±0.020 MJ |
Mean density | 0.59 ± 0.16 g/cm3 |
9.77±0.26 m/s2 | |
Temperature | 1,082 ± 55 K (808.9 ± 55.0 °C; 1,487.9 ± 99.0 °F) |
HAT-P-38b, formally named Hiisi, is a transiting exoplanet orbiting the G-type star HAT-P-38 821 light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Triangulum.