Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HATS-25 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-25, located approximately 1,536.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 194.83 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.98 g
  • An orbital period of 4.299 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0516 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,277 K (1004 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,536.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.093
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 27,099,881 years

HATS-25 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.260 R♃
Mass
194.83 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.613 M♃
Density
0.38 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.98 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.093
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

#367of 1771

top 20.7%

This planet

14.12R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-25 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00194.83317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.381.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.982.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00454.870.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 194.830 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 437333618

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6287125101007614080

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6287125101007614080

System

HATS-25

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.123 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1771
Mass 194.830 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.30 d · percentile 32 / cohort 1533
Distance 471.16 pc · percentile 73 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.093 · percentile 24 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.299 days
Semi-major axis
0.0516 AU
Eccentricity
0.176
Inclination
86.93 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.30 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0516 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.528 %

Duration

3.204 h

Impact parameter b

0.538

Rp / R★

0.117100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,870.3687

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 15,276 ppm lasting ≈ 3.20 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.117100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.030

Impact parameter (b)

0.538

RV semi-amplitude (K)

76.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,870.3687

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11000

Eq. Temperature

1,277K

(1004 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

454.87

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.093

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

Espinoza et al. 2016

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2016-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-25

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,715 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.107 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.994 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.347 dex

Stellar density

1.030 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

31.66 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.88 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
471.16 parsec
Light-years 1,536.71 ly
V-band magnitude
13.17 mag
Voyager-speed travel 27,099,881 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.813.813.81B13.17V12.94Gaia12.47TESS13.38Sloan g12.91Sloan r12.69Sloan i11.79J11.49H11.42K11.39W111.42W211.44W38.81W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.095 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.724 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-19.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.54 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.809 · y = -0.428 · z = -0.403

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 207.90767° · Dec -23.78124°

Galactic ℓ, b

320.252° · 37.058°

Ecliptic λ, β

214.380° · -11.514°

HTM-20 index

259805177

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