Discovery date June 26, 2008 Discovery status Published | Discoverer(s) Shporer et al. | |
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Discovery site Cambridge, Massachusetts | ||
HAT-P-9b is an exoplanet approximately 1560 light years away in the constellation Auriga. This planet was found by the transit method on June 26, 2008. It has a mass 78% that of Jupiter and a radius 140% that of Jupiter. As with most transiting planets, this planet is a hot Jupiter, meaning this Jupiter-like planet orbits extremely close to its parent star, taking only 3.92 days to orbit.
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