Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2012

HAT-P-41 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-41, located approximately 1,135.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 22.98 Earth radii
  • A mass of 378.22 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.72 g
  • An orbital period of 2.694 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0426 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,941 K (1668 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,135.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.045
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,026,768 years

HAT-P-41 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
22.98 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
2.050 R♃
Mass
378.22 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.190 M♃
Density
0.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.045
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2012
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#11of 1771

top 0.6%

This planet

22.98R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-41 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0022.9811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00378.22317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,485.070.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 378.218 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 398895470

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4290415081653653632

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4290415081653653632

System

HAT-P-41

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 22.978 R⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1771
Mass 378.218 M⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.69 d · percentile 12 / cohort 1533
Distance 348.19 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.045 · percentile 3 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.694 days
Semi-major axis
0.0426 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.69 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0426 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.100 %

Duration

3.655 h

Impact parameter b

0.222

Rp / R★

0.104900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,071.2439

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,000 ppm lasting ≈ 3.66 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.104900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.450

Impact parameter (b)

0.222

RV semi-amplitude (K)

92.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,071.2439

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-22.10°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12200

Eq. Temperature

1,941K

(1668 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,485.07

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.045

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. 2012

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2012-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-41

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,390 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.050 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.560 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.140 dex

Stellar density

0.420 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

31.68 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

19.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
348.19 parsec
Light-years 1,135.63 ly
V-band magnitude
11.37 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,026,768 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.111.711.65B11.37V10.94Gaia10.55TESS10.01J9.78H9.73K9.56W19.60W29.60W39.09W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.844 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.184 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.28 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.39 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.457 · y = -0.885 · z = 0.081

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.32265° · Dec 4.67241°

Galactic ℓ, b

43.841° · -10.626°

Ecliptic λ, β

300.388° · 25.275°

HTM-20 index

-400671928

Observation Record

RV measurements

2

Transmission spectra

2

Emission spectra

8

Archive notes

2

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