Qatar-10

Planetary system · 1823.4 light-years away

Qatar-10 is 1,823 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F7 V star; the first was found in 2019 by transit (Qatar).

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Worth knowing

Qatar-10 b goes round its star every 39.5 hours, 53 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF7 V
Surface temperature6,124 K
Mass1.156 solar masses
Radius1.254 solar radii
Luminosity1.993 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.868
Ageabout 3.2 billion years
Distance from the Sun1823.4 light-years (559.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 284.4439°, Dec 69.5708°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Qatar-10 b39.5 hours0.0286 AU17.295 R⊕233.92 M⊕Transit, 2019

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

The planets, compared

For a star of 6,124 K, 2.0 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.31 to 2.30 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.

The light you see left 1,823 years ago, around AD 200.

Nearest systems to it

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