Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

HAT-P-44 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HAT-P-44, located approximately 1,134.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.92 Earth radii
  • A mass of 111.87 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.58 g
  • An orbital period of 4.301 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0507 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,108 K (835 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,134.53 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.099
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,007,500 years

1 sibling around HAT-P-44

HAT-P-44 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HAT-P-44 b this Gas Giant 13.92 111.87 4.301 1,108 2014
HAT-P-44 c Gas Giant 13.00 1,271.30 872.200 2014

HAT-P-44 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.92 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.242 R♃
Mass
111.87 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.352 M♃
Density
0.23 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.58 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.099
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#455of 1771

top 25.6%

This planet

13.92R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-44 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.9211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00111.87317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.231.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.582.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00185.120.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 111.871 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 168699373

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1506159170017461888

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1506159170017461888

System

HAT-P-44

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.922 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1771
Mass 111.871 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.30 d · percentile 32 / cohort 1533
Distance 347.85 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.099 · percentile 26 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.301 days
Semi-major axis
0.0507 AU
Eccentricity
0.044
Inclination
89.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.30 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0507 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.205 %

Duration

3.125 h

Impact parameter b

0.172

Rp / R★

0.134300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,696.9370

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 22,050 ppm lasting ≈ 3.12 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.134300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.490

Impact parameter (b)

0.172

RV semi-amplitude (K)

45.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,696.9370

Long. of periastron (ω)

113.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14600

Eq. Temperature

1,108K

(835 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

185.12

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.099

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. 2014

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2014-06

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2014 at HATNet (3 shown).

Host System: HAT-P-44

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,295 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.949 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.942 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.33

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.460 dex

Stellar density

1.100 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-33.45 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
347.85 parsec
Light-years 1,134.53 ly
V-band magnitude
13.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,007,500 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.216.015.97U14.14B13.23V12.97Gaia12.45TESS14.28Sloan g13.05Sloan r12.92Sloan i13.48Sloan z11.73J11.36H11.28K11.24W111.31W211.29W39.22W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.846 mas

Total Proper Motion

31.681 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-29.68 mas/yr

PM Declination

11.08 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.571 · y = -0.373 · z = 0.732

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 213.14386° · Dec 47.01478°

Galactic ℓ, b

89.603° · 64.520°

Ecliptic λ, β

185.104° · 55.029°

HTM-20 index

1613212822

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