Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HATS-58 A b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HATS-58 A, located approximately 1,316.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.27 Earth radii
  • A mass of 327.36 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.17 g
  • An orbital period of 4.218 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0580 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,721 K (1448 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,316.34 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.079
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,213,589 years

HATS-58 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.27 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.095 R♃
Mass
327.36 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.030 M♃
Density
0.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.079
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility HATSouth
Telescope 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1392of 1771

top 78.5%

This planet

12.27R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-58 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.2711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00327.36317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00382.710.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 327.365 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 21113347

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6128363666439822208

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6128363666439822208

System

HATS-58

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.274 R⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1771
Mass 327.365 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.22 d · percentile 32 / cohort 1533
Distance 403.59 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.079 · percentile 18 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.218 days
Semi-major axis
0.0580 AU
Eccentricity
0.168
Inclination
85.69 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.22 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0580 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.788 %

Duration

3.180 h

Impact parameter b

0.655

Rp / R★

0.078600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,463.2999

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,882 ppm lasting ≈ 3.18 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.078600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.710

Impact parameter (b)

0.655

RV semi-amplitude (K)

100.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,463.2999

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14400

Eq. Temperature

1,721K

(1448 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

382.71

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.079

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

Espinoza et al. 2019

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2019-08

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-58 A

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

7,175 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.31 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.433 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.461 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.292 dex

Stellar density

0.702 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

19.29 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

6.22 km/s

Distance
403.59 parsec
Light-years 1,316.34 ly
V-band magnitude
11.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,213,589 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.412.112.05B11.57V11.77Gaia11.40TESS11.75Sloan g11.47Sloan r11.38Sloan i10.58J10.36H10.29K10.25W110.27W210.24W39.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.348 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.105 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-12.70 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.23 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.652 · y = -0.078 · z = -0.754

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 186.78730° · Dec -48.97841°

Galactic ℓ, b

298.834° · 13.700°

Ecliptic λ, β

209.665° · -41.403°

HTM-20 index

-1246945769

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