Scientists of Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany have discovered four new G-type ‘hot Jupiter’ extra-solar planets orbiting dwarf stars. These planets are: HATS-50, HATS-51, HATS-52 and HATS-53.
-These were discovered ssing telescopes of the Hungarian-made Automated Telescope Network-South (HATSouth) Exoplanet Survey, the team observed
-All the four planets belong to the class of exoplanets known as ‘hot Jupiters.’ Objects of this type are similar in characteristics to Jupiter, with orbital periods of less than 10 days.
-Out of these four planets, HATS-50b is the smallest and least massive alien world of all of the newly discovered exoplanets. It has a radius of about 1.13 Jupiter radii and a mass of about 0.39 Jupiter radii.
-With a radius of about 1.41 Jupiter radii, HATS-51b is the largest exoworld among the four newly found extrasolar worlds. It has an orbital period of 3.35 days, and is located about 1,560 light years away.
-The system is located some 2,300 light years away from the Earth.
