Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

HAT-P-57 b

A gas giant orbiting the a-type white HAT-P-57, located approximately 912.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 19.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 448.14 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.18 g
  • An orbital period of 2.465 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0406 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,200 K (1927 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 912.78 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.043
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,096,878 years

HAT-P-57 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
19.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.740 R♃
Mass
448.14 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.410 M♃
Density
0.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.043
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#39of 1771

top 2.1%

This planet

19.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-57 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0019.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00448.14317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,726.630.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 448.140 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 317520667

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4483640815570090368

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4483640815570090368

System

HAT-P-57

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 19.504 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1771
Mass 448.140 M⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.47 d · percentile 10 / cohort 1533
Distance 279.86 pc · percentile 58 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.043 · percentile 2 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.465 days
Semi-major axis
0.0406 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.26 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.47 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0406 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.940 %

Duration

3.499 h

Impact parameter b

0.177

Rp / R★

0.096800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,598.4993

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 9,400 ppm lasting ≈ 3.50 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.096800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.820

Impact parameter (b)

0.177

RV semi-amplitude (K)

215.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,598.4993

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14500

Eq. Temperature

2,200K

(1927 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,726.63

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.043

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-57

Spectral Class

A-type white

Effective Temperature

6,330 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.770 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.250 dex

Stellar density

0.620 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-5.99 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

102.10 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
279.86 parsec
Light-years 912.78 ly
V-band magnitude
10.64 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,096,878 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

8.611.010.96B10.64V10.43Gaia10.12TESS10.74Sloan g10.37Sloan r10.28Sloan i10.01Ic9.67J9.50H9.43K9.27W19.27W29.27W38.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.545 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.875 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.60 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.15 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.081 · y = -0.980 · z = 0.184

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 274.74342° · Dec 10.59720°

Galactic ℓ, b

38.822° · 11.968°

Ecliptic λ, β

275.619° · 33.944°

HTM-20 index

-1081619763

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