Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HAT-P-70 b

A gas giant orbiting the a-type white HAT-P-70, located approximately 1,078.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 20.96 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,154.89 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.90 g
  • An orbital period of 2.744 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0474 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,562 K (2289 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,078.73 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.045
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,023,316 years

HAT-P-70 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
20.96 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.870 R♃
Mass
2,154.89 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
6.780 M♃
Density
1.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.90 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.045
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

#23of 1771

top 1.2%

This planet

20.96R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-70 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0020.9611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,154.89317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.902.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.005,405.600.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,154.887 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 287325

TIC

TIC 399870368

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3291455819447952768

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3291455819447952768

System

HAT-P-70

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 20.961 R⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,154.887 M⊕ · percentile 81 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.74 d · percentile 13 / cohort 1533
Distance 330.74 pc · percentile 63 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.045 · percentile 3 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.744 days
Semi-major axis
0.0474 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
96.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.74 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0474 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.844 %

Duration

3.480 h

Impact parameter b

-0.629

Rp / R★

0.098870

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,439.5752

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,443 ppm lasting ≈ 3.48 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.098870

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.450

Impact parameter (b)

-0.629

RV semi-amplitude (K)

649.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,439.5752

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

113.10°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14300

Eq. Temperature

2,562K

(2289 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

5,405.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.045

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Zhou et al. 2019

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2019-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-70

Spectral Class

A-type white

Effective Temperature

8,450 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.858 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.181 dex

Stellar density

0.404 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

25.26 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

99.85 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
330.74 parsec
Light-years 1,078.73 ly
V-band magnitude
9.47 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,023,316 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.310.09.62B9.47V9.45Gaia9.34TESS9.84Sloan g9.51Sloan r9.96Sloan i9.07J9.02H8.96K8.94W18.96W28.94W38.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.996 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.659 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.262 · y = 0.949 · z = 0.174

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 74.55233° · Dec 9.99798°

Galactic ℓ, b

189.965° · -19.661°

Ecliptic λ, β

74.404° · -12.609°

HTM-20 index

-19893053

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