Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2006

HAT-P-1 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HAT-P-1, located approximately 518.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.78 Earth radii
  • A mass of 166.86 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.76 g
  • An orbital period of 4.465 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0556 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,322 K (1049 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 518.52 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.083
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,144,092 years

HAT-P-1 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.78 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.319 R♃
Mass
166.86 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.525 M♃
Density
0.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.76 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.083
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2006
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#255of 1771

top 14.3%

This planet

14.78R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-1 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.7811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00166.86317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.762.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00259.690.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 166.861 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 166.543 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 167.000 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 346338552

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1928431764627661440

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1928431764627661440

System

HAT-P-1

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.785 R⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1771
Mass 166.861 M⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.47 d · percentile 33 / cohort 1533
Distance 158.98 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.083 · percentile 19 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.465 days
Semi-major axis
0.0556 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.63 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.47 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0556 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.444 %

Duration

2.850 h

Impact parameter b

0.750

Rp / R★

0.118020

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,453,979.9320

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 14,440 ppm lasting ≈ 2.85 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.118020

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.853

Impact parameter (b)

0.750

RV semi-amplitude (K)

58.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,453,979.9320

Long. of periastron (ω)

253.10°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

3.70°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.35000

Eq. Temperature

1,322K

(1049 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

259.69

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.083

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Bakos et al. 2007

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2007-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-1

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,980 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.174 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.151 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.359 dex

Stellar density

0.908 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-2.98 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
158.98 parsec
Light-years 518.52 ly
V-band magnitude
9.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,144,092 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.410.910.90B9.83V10.18Gaia9.76TESS9.70Ic9.16J8.92H8.86K8.73W18.75W28.62W38.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.262 mas

Total Proper Motion

52.838 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

32.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

-41.75 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.752 · y = -0.209 · z = 0.625

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 344.44536° · Dec 38.67492°

Galactic ℓ, b

99.792° · -19.036°

Ecliptic λ, β

4.292° · 41.042°

HTM-20 index

560587143

Observation Record

Photometric series

16

RV measurements

7

Transmission spectra

7

Emission spectra

4

Archive notes

2

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