Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

HAT-P-49 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-49, located approximately 1,142.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 17.82 Earth radii
  • A mass of 699.23 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.20 g
  • An orbital period of 2.692 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0438 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,131 K (1858 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,142.69 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.053
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,151,351 years

HAT-P-49 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
17.82 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.590 R♃
Mass
699.23 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.200 M♃
Density
0.75 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.053
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

#82of 1771

top 4.6%

This planet

17.82R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-49 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0017.8211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00699.23317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.751.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004,392.030.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 699.226 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 340099

TIC

TIC 99224131

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1835842749465226368

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1835842749465226368

System

HAT-P-49

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 17.822 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1771
Mass 699.226 M⊕ · percentile 57 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.69 d · percentile 12 / cohort 1533
Distance 350.35 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.053 · percentile 6 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.692 days
Semi-major axis
0.0438 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.20 °

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 0.0438 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.630 %

Duration

4.109 h

Impact parameter b

0.340

Rp / R★

0.079200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,684.7553

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,300 ppm lasting ≈ 4.11 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.079200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.150

Impact parameter (b)

0.340

RV semi-amplitude (K)

188.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,684.7553

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-97.70°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12500

Eq. Temperature

2,131K

(1858 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4,392.03

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.053

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

Bieryla et al. 2014

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2014-04

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2014 at HATNet (3 shown).

Host System: HAT-P-49

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,820 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.060 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.220 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.100 dex

Stellar density

0.360 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

15.16 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

10.68 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
350.35 parsec
Light-years 1,142.69 ly
V-band magnitude
10.21 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,151,351 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.810.610.63B10.21V10.21Gaia9.93TESS9.55J9.40H9.35K9.31W19.34W29.35W38.84W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.826 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.397 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.20 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.518 · y = -0.728 · z = 0.449

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 305.44133° · Dec 26.69268°

Galactic ℓ, b

66.922° · -5.768°

Ecliptic λ, β

316.642° · 44.561°

HTM-20 index

-1976293007

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