Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HAT-P-69 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-69, located approximately 1,113.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.79 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,137.83 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.22 g
  • An orbital period of 4.787 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0656 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,930 K (1657 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,113.05 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.062
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,628,631 years

HAT-P-69 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.79 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.676 R♃
Mass
1,137.83 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.580 M♃
Density
1.02 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.062
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#50of 1771

top 2.8%

This planet

18.79R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-69 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.7911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,137.83317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.021.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,320.180.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,137.831 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 379929661

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3080104185367102592

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3080104185367102592

System

HAT-P-69

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.786 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,137.831 M⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.79 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1533
Distance 341.26 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.062 · percentile 10 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.787 days
Semi-major axis
0.0656 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.19 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.79 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0655 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.763 %

Duration

5.126 h

Impact parameter b

0.366

Rp / R★

0.087030

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,495.7886

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,627 ppm lasting ≈ 5.13 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.087030

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.320

Impact parameter (b)

0.366

RV semi-amplitude (K)

309.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,495.7886

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

21.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19200

Eq. Temperature

1,930K

(1657 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,320.18

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.062

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. 2019

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2019-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-69

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

7,394 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.27 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.926 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.648 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.110 dex

Stellar density

0.365 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

0.78 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

77.44 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
341.26 parsec
Light-years 1,113.05 ly
V-band magnitude
9.77 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,628,631 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.310.110.05B9.77V9.77Gaia9.61TESS9.80Sloan g9.86Sloan r9.98Sloan i9.37J9.29H9.28K9.22W19.26W29.24W38.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.902 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.021 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.86 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.98 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.648 · y = 0.759 · z = 0.065

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 130.50564° · Dec 3.71057°

Galactic ℓ, b

222.786° · 26.206°

Ecliptic λ, β

131.916° · -14.030°

HTM-20 index

1603825752

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