HAT-p-40

star in the constellation Lacerta

HAT-p-40 b is a gas giant exoplanet which orbits an F-type star.[1] The F-type star is right after an G-type star.

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The mass of HAT-p-40 b is 0.48 Jupiters.[1] It takes 4.5 days to complete one orbit around it's F-type star.[1] HAT-p-40 b was discovered in 2012.[2] HAT-p-40 b is about 1411.9 lightyears away from our Solar System.[3]

F-type star

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An F-type star is one of the many type of stars, ranging lowest at an M-type star than an K-type star and after that an G-type start which is our sun type. The type of star determines it's characteristics. There is also an F-type main-sequence star which is a is a main-sequence, hydrogen-fusing star of spectral type F and luminosity class V2.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Exoplanet-catalog".
  2. "The Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia — HAT-P-40 B". 1995.
  3. "HAT-P-40 B".