Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

HAT-P-54 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HAT-P-54, located approximately 468.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.58 Earth radii
  • A mass of 241.55 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.16 g
  • An orbital period of 3.800 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0412 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 818 K (545 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 468.53 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.195
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,262,462 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

HAT-P-54 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.58 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.944 R♃
Mass
241.55 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.760 M♃
Density
1.12 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.16 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.195
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1718of 1771

top 97.0%

This planet

10.58R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-54 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.5811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00241.55317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.121.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.162.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0088.670.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 241.551 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 284326455

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3383298227579280640

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3383298227579280640

System

HAT-P-54

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.581 R⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1771
Mass 241.551 M⊕ · percentile 26 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.80 d · percentile 27 / cohort 1533
Distance 143.65 pc · percentile 43 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.195 · percentile 39 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.800 days
Semi-major axis
0.0412 AU
Eccentricity
0.074
Inclination
87.04 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.80 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0412 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.546 %

Duration

1.811 h

Impact parameter b

0.741

Rp / R★

0.157200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,299.3037

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 25,455 ppm lasting ≈ 1.81 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.157200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.340

Impact parameter (b)

0.741

RV semi-amplitude (K)

132.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,299.3037

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.28700

Eq. Temperature

818K

(545 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

88.67

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.195

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Bakos et al. 2015

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2015-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-54

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,390 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.617 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.645 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.667 dex

Stellar density

2.083 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

31.85 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.35 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
143.65 parsec
Light-years 468.53 ly
V-band magnitude
13.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,262,462 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.714.814.83B13.40V13.02Gaia13.60Kepler12.23TESS11.15J10.49H10.33K10.28W110.34W210.20W38.68W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.933 mas

Total Proper Motion

33.237 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

-33.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.155 · y = 0.889 · z = 0.430

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 99.89799° · Dec 25.48240°

Galactic ℓ, b

188.784° · 8.898°

Ecliptic λ, β

98.930° · 2.350°

HTM-20 index

-342105145

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