Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HAT-P-24 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-24, located approximately 1,354.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.57 Earth radii
  • A mass of 238.37 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 3.355 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0465 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,637 K (1364 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,354.67 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.071
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,889,593 years

HAT-P-24 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.57 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.300 R♃
Mass
238.37 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.750 M♃
Density
0.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.071
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

#270of 1771

top 15.2%

This planet

14.57R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-24 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.5711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00238.37317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,294.930.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 238.373 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 440777904

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3167323052618369408

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3167323052618369408

System

HAT-P-24

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.572 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1771
Mass 238.373 M⊕ · percentile 26 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.36 d · percentile 21 / cohort 1533
Distance 415.34 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.071 · percentile 13 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.355 days
Semi-major axis
0.0465 AU
Eccentricity
0.070
Inclination
88.60 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.36 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0465 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.940 %

Duration

3.694 h

Impact parameter b

0.189

Rp / R★

0.100000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,491.6957

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 9,400 ppm lasting ≈ 3.69 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.100000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.610

Impact parameter (b)

0.189

RV semi-amplitude (K)

83.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,491.6957

Long. of periastron (ω)

197.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

20.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11200

Eq. Temperature

1,637K

(1364 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,294.93

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.071

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

Kipping et al. 2010

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2010-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-24

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,373 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.380 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.370 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.270 dex

Stellar density

0.740 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-2.09 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

10.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
415.34 parsec
Light-years 1,354.67 ly
V-band magnitude
11.76 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,889,593 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.714.314.32U12.21B11.76V11.64Gaia11.31TESS12.00Sloan g11.70Sloan r11.62Sloan i12.65Sloan z10.80J10.59H10.54K10.50W110.51W210.65W38.74W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.379 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.331 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.15 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.72 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.313 · y = 0.917 · z = 0.246

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 108.82512° · Dec 14.26261°

Galactic ℓ, b

202.738° · 11.653°

Ecliptic λ, β

108.405° · -7.982°

HTM-20 index

-1559981576

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