Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HATS-39 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HATS-39, located approximately 2,865.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 17.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 200.23 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.65 g
  • An orbital period of 4.578 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0601 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,645 K (1372 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,865.35 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.058
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 50,530,426 years

HATS-39 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
17.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.570 R♃
Mass
200.23 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.630 M♃
Density
0.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.65 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.058
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Transit
Facility HATSouth
Telescope 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#91of 1771

top 5.1%

This planet

17.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-39 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0017.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00200.23317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.652.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,547.100.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 200.233 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 112604564

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5605481703444311040

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5605481703444311040

System

HATS-39

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 17.598 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1771
Mass 200.233 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.58 d · percentile 34 / cohort 1533
Distance 878.52 pc · percentile 85 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.058 · percentile 8 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.578 days
Semi-major axis
0.0601 AU
Eccentricity
0.275
Inclination
84.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.58 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0601 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.087 %

Duration

3.732 h

Impact parameter b

0.696

Rp / R★

0.099300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,315.2834

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 10,870 ppm lasting ≈ 3.73 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.099300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.970

Impact parameter (b)

0.696

RV semi-amplitude (K)

62.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,315.2834

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06840

Eq. Temperature

1,645K

(1372 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,547.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.058

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

Bento et al. 2018

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2018-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-39

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,572 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.06 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.621 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.379 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.158 dex

Stellar density

0.457 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

2.92 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

7.75 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
878.52 parsec
Light-years 2,865.35 ly
V-band magnitude
12.75 mag
Voyager-speed travel 50,530,426 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.113.213.23B12.75V12.65Gaia12.32TESS12.91Sloan g12.58Sloan r12.54Sloan i11.83J11.62H11.52K11.48W111.53W211.36W39.07W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.121 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.689 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.67 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.330 · y = 0.801 · z = -0.499

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 112.41923° · Dec -29.93792°

Galactic ℓ, b

243.751° · -5.709°

Ecliptic λ, β

121.632° · -50.944°

HTM-20 index

1184770933

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