Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HATS-17 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-17, located approximately 1,305.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 8.71 Earth radii
  • A mass of 425.26 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.61 g
  • An orbital period of 16.255 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1308 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 814 K (541 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,305.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.237
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,026,081 years

HATS-17 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
8.71 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.777 R♃
Mass
425.26 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.338 M♃
Density
3.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.61 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.237
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

#104of 574

top 17.9%

This planet

8.71R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-17 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.008.7111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00425.26317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.612.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0072.700.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 425.257 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 73717937

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6127982342061605120

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6127982342061605120

System

HATS-17

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 8.709 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 574
Mass 425.257 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 574
Orbital period 16.25 d · percentile 48 / cohort 524
Distance 400.33 pc · percentile 54 / cohort 572
ESI 0.237 · percentile 38 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.255 days
Semi-major axis
0.1308 AU
Eccentricity
0.029
Inclination
89.08 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.25 Earth days (4.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1308 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.495 %

Duration

4.826 h

Impact parameter b

0.432

Rp / R★

0.072600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,139.1672

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,950 ppm lasting ≈ 4.83 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.072600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

25.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.432

RV semi-amplitude (K)

99.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,139.1672

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.32700

Eq. Temperature

814K

(541 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

72.70

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.237

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Brahm et al. 2016

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2016-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-17

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,846 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.091 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.131 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.30

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.416 dex

Stellar density

1.220 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

22.94 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.73 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
400.33 parsec
Light-years 1,305.70 ly
V-band magnitude
12.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,026,081 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.313.113.11B12.40V12.22Gaia11.75TESS12.67Sloan g12.16Sloan r12.08Sloan i11.08J10.84H10.70K10.70W110.75W210.73W39.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.471 mas

Total Proper Motion

32.183 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-32.06 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.659 · y = -0.142 · z = -0.739

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 192.18957° · Dec -47.61368°

Galactic ℓ, b

302.464° · 15.256°

Ecliptic λ, β

212.781° · -38.393°

HTM-20 index

-1476620310

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