Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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HAT-P-42 b
Host star HAT-P-42 • 14.35 R⊕ • 4.64 d orbit
Records
7
archive rows
Discovery
2012
Transit
Radius
14.35 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
331.8 M⊕
default parameter set
HAT-P-42
1428 K equilibrium
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Boisse et al. 2013
Host Star
HAT-P-42
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2012
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
4.64 day
4.64 to 4.64
Semi-Major Axis
0.06 au
single adopted value
Radius
14.35 Rearth
12.60 to 14.35
Mass
331.8 Mearth
279.7 to 331.8
Density
0.61 g/cm**3
0.52 to 0.61
Equilibrium Temperature
1428 K
1304.4 to 1428
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 14.35 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
HAT-P-42 b
14.35 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
7
Refs
7
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Transit | HATNet | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.64 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2012 | Transit | HATNet | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.64 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2012 | Transit | HATNet | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.64 day | 12.60 Rearth | — | 1304.4 K | ExoFOP |
| 2012 | Transit | HATNet | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.64 day | — | — | — | Mallonn et al. 2019 |
| 2012 | Transit | HATNet | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.64 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2012 | Transit | HATNet | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.64 day | 14.35 Rearth | 279.7 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2012 | Transit | HATNet | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.64 day | 14.35 Rearth | 331.8 Mearth | 1428 K | Boisse et al. 2013 |