Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HATS-15 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-15, located approximately 3,716.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.39 Earth radii
  • A mass of 689.69 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.50 g
  • An orbital period of 1.747 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0271 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,505 K (1232 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,716.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.102
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 65,544,190 years

HATS-15 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.39 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.105 R♃
Mass
689.69 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.170 M♃
Density
1.97 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.50 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.102
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility HATSouth
Telescope 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1337of 1771

top 75.4%

This planet

12.39R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-15 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.3911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00689.69317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.971.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.502.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,201.340.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 689.691 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271898990

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6858088299469303168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6858088299469303168

System

HATS-15

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.386 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1771
Mass 689.691 M⊕ · percentile 57 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.75 d · percentile 5 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,139.55 pc · percentile 88 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.102 · percentile 27 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.747 days
Semi-major axis
0.0271 AU
Eccentricity
0.126
Inclination
87.13 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.75 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0271 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.678 %

Duration

2.270 h

Impact parameter b

0.317

Rp / R★

0.122900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,387.2116

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 16,780 ppm lasting ≈ 2.27 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.122900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.330

Impact parameter (b)

0.317

RV semi-amplitude (K)

399.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,387.2116

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02380

Eq. Temperature

1,505K

(1232 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,201.34

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.102

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

Ciceri et al. 2016

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2016-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-15

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,311 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.922 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.871 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.449 dex

Stellar density

1.570 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-54.15 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.18 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,139.55 parsec
Light-years 3,716.71 ly
V-band magnitude
14.91 mag
Voyager-speed travel 65,544,190 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.915.815.81B14.91V14.65Gaia14.07TESS15.32Sloan g14.59Sloan r14.32Sloan i13.26J12.81H12.72K12.66W112.69W212.41W38.90W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.854 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.305 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

18.24 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.57 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.620 · y = -0.711 · z = -0.333

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 311.09200° · Dec -19.43753°

Galactic ℓ, b

26.561° · -33.282°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.310° · -1.296°

HTM-20 index

-2128805635

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