Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HAT-P-14 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-14, located approximately 726.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.92 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,093.34 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.32 g
  • An orbital period of 4.628 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0596 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,624 K (1351 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 726.23 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.085
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,807,043 years

HAT-P-14 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.92 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.420 R♃
Mass
1,093.34 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.440 M♃
Density
1.56 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.085
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#166of 1771

top 9.3%

This planet

15.92R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-14 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.9211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,093.34317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.561.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,038.780.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,093.335 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 101721385

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1340497608486742400

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1340497608486742400

System

HAT-P-14

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.917 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,093.335 M⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.63 d · percentile 34 / cohort 1533
Distance 222.66 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.085 · percentile 20 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.628 days
Semi-major axis
0.0596 AU
Eccentricity
0.110
Inclination
83.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.63 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0596 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.650 %

Duration

2.189 h

Impact parameter b

0.907

Rp / R★

0.079300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,304.8128

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,500 ppm lasting ≈ 2.19 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.079300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.907

RV semi-amplitude (K)

219.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,304.8128

Long. of periastron (ω)

106.10°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

189.10°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.26800

Eq. Temperature

1,624K

(1351 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,038.78

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.085

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

Torres et al. 2010

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2010-05

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-14

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,600 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.820 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.650 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.250 dex

Stellar density

0.620 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-20.81 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

8.18 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
222.66 parsec
Light-years 726.23 ly
V-band magnitude
9.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,807,043 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.810.410.41B9.99V9.87Gaia9.54TESS9.09J8.93H8.85K8.81W18.82W28.78W38.76W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.462 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.078 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.24 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.71 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.135 · y = -0.774 · z = 0.619

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 260.11617° · Dec 38.24217°

Galactic ℓ, b

62.589° · 33.538°

Ecliptic λ, β

253.784° · 61.126°

HTM-20 index

-1779214854

Observation Record

RV measurements

1

Transmission spectra

7

Archive notes

1

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