Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2012

HATS-1 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-1, located approximately 926.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.59 Earth radii
  • A mass of 589.55 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.77 g
  • An orbital period of 3.446 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0444 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,359 K (1086 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 926.19 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.101
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,333,332 years

HATS-1 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.59 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.302 R♃
Mass
589.55 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.855 M♃
Density
1.03 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.77 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.101
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2012
Method Transit
Facility HATSouth
Telescope 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#269of 1771

top 15.1%

This planet

14.59R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-1 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.5911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00589.55317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.031.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.772.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00489.950.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 589.550 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 219698950

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3540018633568783488

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3540018633568783488

System

HATS-1

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.594 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1771
Mass 589.550 M⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.45 d · percentile 22 / cohort 1533
Distance 283.97 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.101 · percentile 27 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.446 days
Semi-major axis
0.0444 AU
Eccentricity
0.120
Inclination
85.60 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.45 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0444 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.632 %

Duration

2.417 h

Impact parameter b

0.633

Rp / R★

0.128800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,241.2872

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 16,321 ppm lasting ≈ 2.42 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.128800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.633

RV semi-amplitude (K)

254.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,241.2872

Long. of periastron (ω)

18.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15600

Eq. Temperature

1,359K

(1086 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

489.95

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.101

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

Penev et al. 2013

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2013-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-1

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,870 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.038 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.986 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

2.185 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-10.44 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.52 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
283.97 parsec
Light-years 926.19 ly
V-band magnitude
12.16 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,333,332 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.512.712.71B12.16V11.94Gaia11.51TESS10.92J10.63H10.58K10.51W110.53W210.51W38.45W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.493 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.378 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-20.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.92 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.915 · y = 0.072 · z = -0.396

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 175.52524° · Dec -23.35485°

Galactic ℓ, b

282.954° · 36.812°

Ecliptic λ, β

185.734° · -23.092°

HTM-20 index

1739985348

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