Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

HATS-5 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-5, located approximately 803.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.22 Earth radii
  • A mass of 75.32 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.72 g
  • An orbital period of 4.763 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0542 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,025 K (752 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 803.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.129
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,171,418 years

HATS-5 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.22 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.912 R♃
Mass
75.32 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.237 M♃
Density
0.39 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.129
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Transit
Facility HATSouth
Telescope 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1750of 1771

top 98.8%

This planet

10.22R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-5 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.2211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0075.32317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.391.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00183.240.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 75.323 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 139733308

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4899428146994060800

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4899428146994060800

System

HATS-5

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.223 R⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1771
Mass 75.323 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.76 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1533
Distance 246.38 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.129 · percentile 34 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.763 days
Semi-major axis
0.0542 AU
Eccentricity
0.019
Inclination
89.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.76 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0542 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.316 %

Duration

2.986 h

Impact parameter b

0.158

Rp / R★

0.107600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,273.7907

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,161 ppm lasting ≈ 2.99 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.107600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.380

Impact parameter (b)

0.158

RV semi-amplitude (K)

30.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,273.7907

Long. of periastron (ω)

204.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22000

Eq. Temperature

1,025K

(752 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

183.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.129

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

Zhou et al. 2014

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2014-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-5

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,304 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.871 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.936 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.530 dex

Stellar density

1.891 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

5.65 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.80 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
246.38 parsec
Light-years 803.60 ly
V-band magnitude
12.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,171,418 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.013.413.44B12.60V12.43Gaia11.90TESS11.20J10.77H10.70K10.65W110.70W210.81W39.05W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.030 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.048 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.05 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.360 · y = 0.858 · z = -0.366

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 67.22285° · Dec -21.48206°

Galactic ℓ, b

218.873° · -40.505°

Ecliptic λ, β

60.678° · -42.631°

HTM-20 index

1346598546

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