Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

HAT-P-50 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-50, located approximately 1,681.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.44 Earth radii
  • A mass of 429.07 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.06 g
  • An orbital period of 3.122 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0453 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,862 K (1589 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,681.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.067
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 29,647,911 years

HAT-P-50 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.44 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.288 R♃
Mass
429.07 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.350 M♃
Density
0.78 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.067
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#287of 1771

top 16.1%

This planet

14.44R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-50 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.4411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00429.07317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.781.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,108.440.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 429.071 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 17746821

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3151961363348862720

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3151961363348862720

System

HAT-P-50

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.437 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1771
Mass 429.071 M⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.12 d · percentile 17 / cohort 1533
Distance 515.46 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.067 · percentile 12 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.122 days
Semi-major axis
0.0453 AU
Eccentricity
0.115
Inclination
83.65 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.12 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0453 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.630 %

Duration

3.674 h

Impact parameter b

0.629

Rp / R★

0.078200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,285.9099

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,305 ppm lasting ≈ 3.67 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.078200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.680

Impact parameter (b)

0.629

RV semi-amplitude (K)

161.300 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,285.9099

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08790

Eq. Temperature

1,862K

(1589 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,108.44

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.067

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. 2015

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2015-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-50

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,280 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.698 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.273 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.072 dex

Stellar density

0.357 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

6.25 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

8.90 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
515.46 parsec
Light-years 1,681.20 ly
V-band magnitude
11.70 mag
Voyager-speed travel 29,647,911 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.314.614.62U12.28B11.70V11.67Gaia11.32TESS12.15Sloan g11.71Sloan r11.66Sloan i13.48Sloan z11.19Ic10.82J10.55H10.50K10.44W110.48W210.37W38.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.913 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.871 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

6.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-12.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.460 · y = 0.863 · z = 0.210

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 118.06344° · Dec 12.13935°

Galactic ℓ, b

208.674° · 18.910°

Ecliptic λ, β

117.720° · -8.640°

HTM-20 index

-1845061830

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