Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HATS-32 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-32, located approximately 2,430.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 292.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.49 g
  • An orbital period of 2.813 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0402 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,437 K (1164 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,430.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.087
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 42,857,290 years

HATS-32 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.249 R♃
Mass
292.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.920 M♃
Density
0.58 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.49 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.087
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

#414of 1771

top 23.3%

This planet

14.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-32 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00292.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.581.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.492.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00614.590.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 292.404 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 204317710

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2398227794405981568

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2398227794405981568

System

HATS-32

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.000 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1771
Mass 292.404 M⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.81 d · percentile 14 / cohort 1533
Distance 745.12 pc · percentile 82 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.087 · percentile 21 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.813 days
Semi-major axis
0.0402 AU
Eccentricity
0.471
Inclination
87.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.81 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0402 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.399 %

Duration

2.854 h

Impact parameter b

0.400

Rp / R★

0.117100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,454.6252

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,994 ppm lasting ≈ 2.85 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.117100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.880

Impact parameter (b)

0.400

RV semi-amplitude (K)

124.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,454.6252

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05400

Eq. Temperature

1,437K

(1164 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

614.59

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.087

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

De Val Borro et al. 2016

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2016-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-32

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,700 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.097 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.099 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.39

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.396 dex

Stellar density

1.170 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

12.42 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.56 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
745.12 parsec
Light-years 2,430.24 ly
V-band magnitude
14.39 mag
Voyager-speed travel 42,857,290 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.915.115.11B14.39V14.22Gaia13.74TESS14.69Sloan g14.13Sloan r14.04Sloan i13.09J12.77H12.70K12.68W112.67W212.12W38.91W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.313 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.169 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.43 mas/yr

PM Declination

-20.12 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.904 · y = -0.224 · z = -0.363

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 346.07509° · Dec -21.27202°

Galactic ℓ, b

40.587° · -64.931°

Ecliptic λ, β

338.838° · -14.102°

HTM-20 index

363714522

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