Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

HAT-P-67 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-67, located approximately 1,212.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 23.99 Earth radii
  • A mass of 143.02 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.25 g
  • An orbital period of 4.810 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0651 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,903 K (1630 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,212.28 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.035
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 21,378,489 years

HAT-P-67 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
23.99 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
2.140 R♃
Mass
143.02 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.450 M♃
Density
0.06 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.035
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#8of 1771

top 0.4%

This planet

23.99R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-67 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0023.9911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00143.02317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.061.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,029.170.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 143.023 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 198588220

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1358614983131339392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1358614983131339392

System

HAT-P-67

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 23.987 R⊕ · percentile 100 / cohort 1771
Mass 143.023 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.81 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1533
Distance 371.69 pc · percentile 67 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.035 · percentile 1 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.810 days
Semi-major axis
0.0651 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.81 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0650 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.697 %

Duration

6.989 h

Impact parameter b

0.460

Rp / R★

0.082000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,010.9917

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,965 ppm lasting ≈ 6.99 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.082000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.173

Impact parameter (b)

0.460

RV semi-amplitude (K)

38.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,010.9917

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17500

Eq. Temperature

1,903K

(1630 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,029.17

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.035

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

Zhou et al. 2017

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2017-05

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-67

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,640 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.46 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.620 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.730 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.840 dex

Stellar density

0.098 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-1.40 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

35.80 km/s

Rotation period

5.40 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
371.69 parsec
Light-years 1,212.28 ly
V-band magnitude
10.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 21,378,489 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.810.510.54B10.11V9.97Gaia9.63TESS10.35Sloan g10.01Sloan r9.52Ic9.15J8.96H8.90K8.86W18.88W28.85W38.81W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.662 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.487 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

9.44 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.164 · y = -0.691 · z = 0.704

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 256.61073° · Dec 44.77688°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.158° · 36.911°

Ecliptic λ, β

245.052° · 67.060°

HTM-20 index

737771638

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