Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

HATS-52 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HATS-52, located approximately 1,810.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.49 Earth radii
  • A mass of 711.94 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.97 g
  • An orbital period of 1.367 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0250 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,834 K (1561 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,810.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.070
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 31,929,979 years

HATS-52 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.49 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.382 R♃
Mass
711.94 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.240 M♃
Density
1.06 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.070
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Transit
Facility HATSouth
Telescope 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#198of 1771

top 11.1%

This planet

15.49R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-52 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.4911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00711.94317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.061.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,310.220.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 711.939 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 19684256

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5631530950664938240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5631530950664938240

System

HATS-52

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.491 R⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1771
Mass 711.939 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.37 d · percentile 2 / cohort 1533
Distance 555.13 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.070 · percentile 13 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.367 days
Semi-major axis
0.0250 AU
Eccentricity
0.246
Inclination
84.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.37 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0250 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.107 %

Duration

2.090 h

Impact parameter b

0.481

Rp / R★

0.135200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,929.0304

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 21,070 ppm lasting ≈ 2.09 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.135200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.140

Impact parameter (b)

0.481

RV semi-amplitude (K)

380.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,929.0304

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04500

Eq. Temperature

1,834K

(1561 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,310.22

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.070

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

Henning et al. 2018

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2018-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-52

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,010 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.046 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.111 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.445 dex

Stellar density

1.370 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

13.46 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.59 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
555.13 parsec
Light-years 1,810.60 ly
V-band magnitude
13.84 mag
Voyager-speed travel 31,929,979 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.914.314.34B13.84V13.63Gaia13.18TESS13.96Sloan g13.49Sloan r13.41Sloan i12.52J12.22H12.11K11.98W112.01W212.14W38.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.773 mas

Total Proper Motion

29.193 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-20.01 mas/yr

PM Declination

21.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.656 · y = 0.548 · z = -0.519

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 140.08759° · Dec -31.26921°

Galactic ℓ, b

258.646° · 12.917°

Ecliptic λ, β

155.647° · -43.977°

HTM-20 index

1338244725

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