Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HAT-P-32 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-32, located approximately 943.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 22.19 Earth radii
  • A mass of 216.12 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.44 g
  • An orbital period of 2.150 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0340 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,836 K (1563 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 943.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.042
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,634,380 years

HAT-P-32 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
22.19 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.980 R♃
Mass
216.12 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.680 M♃
Density
0.11 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.44 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.042
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#14of 1771

top 0.7%

This planet

22.19R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-32 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0022.1911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00216.12317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.111.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.442.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,841.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 216.124 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 216.124 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 216.159 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 292152376

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 356348286886230272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 356348286886230272

System

HAT-P-32

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 22.194 R⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1771
Mass 216.124 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.15 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1533
Distance 289.21 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.042 · percentile 2 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.150 days
Semi-major axis
0.0340 AU
Eccentricity
0.159
Inclination
88.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.15 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0340 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.216 %

Duration

3.120 h

Impact parameter b

0.083

Rp / R★

0.148860

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,867.4027

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 22,160 ppm lasting ≈ 3.12 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.148860

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.344

Impact parameter (b)

0.083

RV semi-amplitude (K)

99.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,867.4027

Long. of periastron (ω)

50.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

85.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11700

Eq. Temperature

1,836K

(1563 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,841.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.042

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

Hartman et al. 2011

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2011-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-32

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,001 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.367 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.132 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.220 dex

Stellar density

0.625 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-23.21 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

20.70 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
289.21 parsec
Light-years 943.26 ly
V-band magnitude
11.44 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,634,380 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.611.811.79B11.44V11.13Gaia10.77TESS10.25J10.02H9.99K9.90W19.91W29.89W38.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.430 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.422 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.82 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.588 · y = 0.354 · z = 0.728

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 31.04276° · Dec 46.68785°

Galactic ℓ, b

135.699° · -14.373°

Ecliptic λ, β

46.248° · 31.795°

HTM-20 index

428425058

Observation Record

Transmission spectra

8

Emission spectra

7

Archive notes

2

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