Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

HATS-49 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange HATS-49, located approximately 1,058.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 8.57 Earth radii
  • A mass of 112.19 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.53 g
  • An orbital period of 4.148 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0452 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 835 K (562 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,058.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.198
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,659,460 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

HATS-49 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
8.57 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.765 R♃
Mass
112.19 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.353 M♃
Density
0.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.53 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.198
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility HATSouth
Telescope 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#116of 574

top 20.0%

This planet

8.57R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-49 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.008.5711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00112.19317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.532.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0080.450.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 112.194 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 281541545

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4919770108539385472

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4919770108539385472

System

HATS-49

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 8.575 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 574
Mass 112.194 M⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 574
Orbital period 4.15 d · percentile 14 / cohort 524
Distance 324.41 pc · percentile 49 / cohort 572
ESI 0.198 · percentile 27 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.148 days
Semi-major axis
0.0452 AU
Eccentricity
0.071
Inclination
88.27 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.15 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0452 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.289 %

Duration

2.346 h

Impact parameter b

0.420

Rp / R★

0.112700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,105.1648

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 12,887 ppm lasting ≈ 2.35 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.112700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.910

Impact parameter (b)

0.420

RV semi-amplitude (K)

55.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,105.1648

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13900

Eq. Temperature

835K

(562 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

80.45

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.198

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Hartman et al. 2020

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2020-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-49

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,405 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.698 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.713 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.604 dex

Stellar density

2.961 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

8.10 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
324.41 parsec
Light-years 1,058.09 ly
V-band magnitude
14.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,659,460 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.316.416.37B14.99V14.54Gaia13.78TESS15.67Sloan g14.50Sloan r14.14Sloan i12.69J12.11H11.94K11.90W111.99W212.09W39.29W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.054 mas

Total Proper Motion

43.376 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

42.58 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.26 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.551 · y = 0.064 · z = -0.832

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 6.61359° · Dec -56.34428°

Galactic ℓ, b

309.953° · -60.442°

Ecliptic λ, β

333.658° · -52.100°

HTM-20 index

-541980746

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