Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HATS-59 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-59, located approximately 2,096.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.62 Earth radii
  • A mass of 256.17 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.61 g
  • An orbital period of 5.416 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0611 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,128 K (855 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,096.80 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.122
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 36,977,150 years

1 sibling around HATS-59

HATS-59 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HATS-59 b this Gas Giant 12.62 256.17 5.416 1,128 2018
HATS-59 c Gas Giant 12.30 4,036.44 1,422.000 176 2018

HATS-59 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.62 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.126 R♃
Mass
256.17 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.806 M♃
Density
0.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.61 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.122
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

#1178of 1771

top 66.5%

This planet

12.62R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-59 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00256.17317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.612.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00269.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 256.171 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 437261733

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3538256769264276480

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3538256769264276480

System

HATS-59

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.621 R⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1771
Mass 256.171 M⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.42 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1533
Distance 642.88 pc · percentile 80 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.122 · percentile 32 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.416 days
Semi-major axis
0.0611 AU
Eccentricity
0.129
Inclination
88.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.42 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0611 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.431 %

Duration

3.593 h

Impact parameter b

0.457

Rp / R★

0.111600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,620.6653

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 14,310 ppm lasting ≈ 3.59 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.111600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.660

Impact parameter (b)

0.457

RV semi-amplitude (K)

92.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,620.6653

Long. of periastron (ω)

227.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09510

Eq. Temperature

1,128K

(855 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

269.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.122

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

Sarkis et al. 2018

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2018-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-59

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,670 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.036 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.038 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.422 dex

Stellar density

1.310 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-10.89 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.80 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
642.88 parsec
Light-years 2,096.80 ly
V-band magnitude
14.03 mag
Voyager-speed travel 36,977,150 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.114.714.73B14.03V13.79Gaia13.30TESS14.29Sloan g13.73Sloan r13.55Sloan i12.59J12.30H12.24K12.19W112.21W212.60W39.10W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.527 mas

Total Proper Motion

24.184 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-24.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.911 · y = 0.155 · z = -0.381

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 170.32433° · Dec -22.38818°

Galactic ℓ, b

276.989° · 35.902°

Ecliptic λ, β

180.557° · -24.284°

HTM-20 index

1753159107

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