Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HAT-P-19 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HAT-P-19, located approximately 659.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 88.04 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.69 g
  • An orbital period of 4.009 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0460 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 981 K (708 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 659.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.128
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,623,043 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

HAT-P-19 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.008 R♃
Mass
88.04 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.277 M♃
Density
0.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.69 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.128
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

#1618of 1771

top 91.3%

This planet

11.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-19 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0088.04317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.692.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00154.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 88.038 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 267650535

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 365426679516816512

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 365426679516816512

System

HAT-P-19

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.299 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1771
Mass 88.038 M⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.01 d · percentile 29 / cohort 1533
Distance 202.08 pc · percentile 51 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.128 · percentile 34 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.009 days
Semi-major axis
0.0460 AU
Eccentricity
0.070
Inclination
89.52 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.01 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0460 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.148 %

Duration

2.837 h

Impact parameter b

0.404

Rp / R★

0.134600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,610.8639

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 21,484 ppm lasting ≈ 2.84 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.134600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.840

Impact parameter (b)

0.404

RV semi-amplitude (K)

40.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,610.8639

Long. of periastron (ω)

256.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22800

Eq. Temperature

981K

(708 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

154.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.128

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Hartman et al. 2011

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2011-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-19

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,962 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.773 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.807 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.569 dex

Stellar density

2.468 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-20.22 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.70 km/s

Rotation period

35.50 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
202.08 parsec
Light-years 659.09 ly
V-band magnitude
12.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,623,043 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.715.715.73U13.83B12.83V12.56Gaia11.95TESS15.17Sloan g12.75Sloan r14.03Sloan i12.87Sloan z11.10J10.64H10.55K10.50W110.56W210.56W38.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.920 mas

Total Proper Motion

42.092 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-26.78 mas/yr

PM Declination

-32.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.811 · y = 0.136 · z = 0.569

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 9.51658° · Dec 34.71140°

Galactic ℓ, b

119.818° · -28.079°

Ecliptic λ, β

23.419° · 27.930°

HTM-20 index

1960655893

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