Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HAT-P-22 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HAT-P-22, located approximately 266.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.89 Earth radii
  • A mass of 785.04 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.72 g
  • An orbital period of 3.212 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0414 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,463 K (1190 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 266.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.106
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,702,910 years

HAT-P-22 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.89 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
785.04 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.470 M♃
Density
2.14 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.106
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

#1049of 1771

top 59.2%

This planet

12.89R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-22 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00785.04317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.141.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00325.570.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 785.040 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 233731

TIC

TIC 252479260

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 846946629987527168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 846946629987527168

System

HAT-P-22

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.890 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 785.040 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.21 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1533
Distance 81.76 pc · percentile 31 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.106 · percentile 28 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.212 days
Semi-major axis
0.0414 AU
Eccentricity
0.020
Inclination
86.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.21 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0414 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.100 %

Duration

2.653 h

Impact parameter b

0.466

Rp / R★

0.106500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,261.3060

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,000 ppm lasting ≈ 2.65 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.106500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.580

Impact parameter (b)

0.466

RV semi-amplitude (K)

313.300 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,261.3060

Long. of periastron (ω)

156.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-2.10°

True obliquity (ψ)

24.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.50600

Eq. Temperature

1,463K

(1190 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

325.57

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.106

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. 2010

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2011-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-22

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,302 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.110 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.130 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.360 dex

Stellar density

1.160 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

12.64 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.50 km/s

Rotation period

28.70 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
81.76 parsec
Light-years 266.68 ly
V-band magnitude
9.76 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,702,910 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.610.610.62B9.76V9.52Gaia9.01TESS8.29J7.94H7.84K7.59W17.74W27.77W37.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.201 mas

Total Proper Motion

87.725 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-26.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

83.73 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.584 · y = 0.264 · z = 0.767

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 155.68146° · Dec 50.12871°

Galactic ℓ, b

163.647° · 53.566°

Ecliptic λ, β

136.853° · 36.809°

HTM-20 index

756659333

Observation Record

RV measurements

1

Emission spectra

3

Archive notes

1

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