Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HAT-P-25 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HAT-P-25, located approximately 979.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.72 Earth radii
  • A mass of 180.85 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 3.653 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0466 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,182 K (909 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 979.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.108
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,277,369 years

HAT-P-25 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.72 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.135 R♃
Mass
180.85 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.569 M♃
Density
0.48 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.108
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

#1127of 1771

top 63.6%

This planet

12.72R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-25 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.7211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00180.85317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.481.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00325.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 180.845 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 180.845 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 180.933 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 35022727

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 111322601672419712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 111322601672419712

System

HAT-P-25

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.722 R⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1771
Mass 180.845 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.65 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1533
Distance 300.38 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.108 · percentile 29 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.653 days
Semi-major axis
0.0466 AU
Eccentricity
0.023
Inclination
88.22 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.65 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0466 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.016 %

Duration

2.813 h

Impact parameter b

0.347

Rp / R★

0.126900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,759.3931

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 161 ppm lasting ≈ 2.81 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.126900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.347

RV semi-amplitude (K)

74.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,759.3931

Long. of periastron (ω)

287.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15500

Eq. Temperature

1,182K

(909 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

325.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.108

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

Quinn et al. 2010

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2012-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-25

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,519 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.919 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.012 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.29

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.516 dex

Stellar density

1.840 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-12.51 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
300.38 parsec
Light-years 979.72 ly
V-band magnitude
13.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,277,369 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.514.114.09B13.15V12.84Gaia12.22TESS11.32J10.91H10.82K10.76W110.82W210.89W38.50W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.301 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.146 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

13.49 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.600 · y = 0.677 · z = 0.426

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 48.43547° · Dec 25.19735°

Galactic ℓ, b

159.314° · -27.443°

Ecliptic λ, β

52.782° · 6.967°

HTM-20 index

637635752

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