Magor

HAT-P-2b is an extrasolar planet detected by the HATNet Project in May 2007. It orbits a class F star HAT-P-2, (bigger and hotter than the Sun), located about 420 light-years away in the constellation Hercules.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: Pl
Distance: 419 light-years
Coordinates: RA 245.1515° · Dec 41.0481°

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Key facts

Planet.name: HAT-P-2b / Magor
Planet.image: Exoplanet Comparison HAT-P-2 b.png
Planet.caption: Size comparison of HAT-P-2b with Jupiter.
Planet.discoverer: HATNet Project
Planet.discovered: 2007-05-01
Planet.discovery_method: Transit
Planet.alt_names: HD 147506 b, Magor
Planet.apsis: astron
Planet.star: HD 147506
Planet.surface_grav: m/s²

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Magor
Radius: 0.951
Mass: 8.74
Orbital period: 5.63346785
Image: Exoplanet Comparison HAT-P-2 b.png

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catalog code: TIC 39903405b
Commons category: HAT-P-2 b
time of discovery or invention: 2007-11-00
right ascension: 245.15149131020250
declination: 41.04808584553973
orbital inclination: 90
argument of periapsis: 185.22
semi-major axis of an orbit: 0.0674
orbital eccentricity: 0.502
angular distance: 0.000571
right ascension component of proper motion: -10.312
declination component of proper motion: -29.198
parallax: 7.7975
M sin i: 8.62
time of periapsis: 2454213.4794

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The planet is officially named Magor. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Hungary, during the 100th anniversary of the International Astronomical Union. Magor was a legendary ancestor of the Magyar people and the Hungarian nation, and brother of Hunor (name of the star HAT-P-2).