Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

HAT-P-53 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HAT-P-53, located approximately 2,174.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.77 Earth radii
  • A mass of 471.66 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.16 g
  • An orbital period of 1.962 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0316 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,778 K (1505 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,174.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.070
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 38,352,856 years

HAT-P-53 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.77 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.318 R♃
Mass
471.66 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.484 M♃
Density
0.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.16 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.070
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#257of 1771

top 14.5%

This planet

14.77R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-53 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.7711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00471.66317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.162.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,400.020.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 471.660 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 189380158

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 323386882492982144

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 323386882492982144

System

HAT-P-53

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.773 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1771
Mass 471.660 M⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.96 d · percentile 6 / cohort 1533
Distance 666.80 pc · percentile 80 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.070 · percentile 13 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.962 days
Semi-major axis
0.0316 AU
Eccentricity
0.134
Inclination
86.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.96 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0316 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.409 %

Duration

2.794 h

Impact parameter b

0.380

Rp / R★

0.112000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,829.4478

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 14,086 ppm lasting ≈ 2.79 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.112000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.610

Impact parameter (b)

0.380

RV semi-amplitude (K)

226.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,829.4478

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04740

Eq. Temperature

1,778K

(1505 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,400.02

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.070

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-53

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,956 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.67 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.209 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.093 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.310 dex

Stellar density

0.870 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-16.99 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.10 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
666.80 parsec
Light-years 2,174.81 ly
V-band magnitude
13.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 38,352,856 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.917.015.62U14.48B13.78V13.51Gaia13.09TESS16.96Sloan g13.62Sloan r13.52Sloan i13.61Sloan z13.13Ic12.47J12.20H12.10K12.07W112.08W212.31W38.90W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.471 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.241 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.722 · y = 0.290 · z = 0.629

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 21.87110° · Dec 38.96811°

Galactic ℓ, b

130.556° · -23.369°

Ecliptic λ, β

35.560° · 27.502°

HTM-20 index

2077842163

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