HAT-P-13

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HAT-P-13, also known as GSC 03416-00543, is a G-type main sequence star approximately 697 light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. In 2009 it was discovered that this star is orbited by two massive planets, the innermost of which transits the star. This was the first known example of an extrasolar transiting planet with an additional planet in the same system. As of 2009, HAT-P-13 has been confirmed to have two extrasolar planets orbiting it. The inner planet was discovered by the "transit method" and the outer planet was found through the radial velocity method.... Mehr