Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HATS-61 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-61, located approximately 2,217.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.39 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,080.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.02 g
  • An orbital period of 7.818 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0791 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,226 K (953 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,217.08 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.130
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 39,098,226 years

HATS-61 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.39 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.195 R♃
Mass
1,080.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.400 M♃
Density
2.47 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.02 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.130
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

#782of 1771

top 44.1%

This planet

13.39R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-61 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,080.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.471.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.022.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00374.200.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,080.622 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 44745133

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4890849134501995392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4890849134501995392

System

HATS-61

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.395 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,080.622 M⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 7.82 d · percentile 42 / cohort 1533
Distance 679.76 pc · percentile 81 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.130 · percentile 34 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.818 days
Semi-major axis
0.0791 AU
Eccentricity
0.092
Inclination
87.15 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.82 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0791 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.365 %

Duration

5.530 h

Impact parameter b

0.508

Rp / R★

0.073800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,673.0611

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,650 ppm lasting ≈ 5.53 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.073800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.230

Impact parameter (b)

0.508

RV semi-amplitude (K)

330.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,673.0611

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11600

Eq. Temperature

1,226K

(953 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

374.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.130

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

Hartman et al. 2019

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2019-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-61

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,542 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.664 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.076 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.028 dex

Stellar density

0.330 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

54.08 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.52 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
679.76 parsec
Light-years 2,217.08 ly
V-band magnitude
13.35 mag
Voyager-speed travel 39,098,226 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.914.014.02B13.35V13.07Gaia12.58TESS13.59Sloan g13.01Sloan r12.85Sloan i11.88J11.57H11.48K11.38W111.42W211.17W38.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.442 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.669 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

9.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.429 · y = 0.795 · z = -0.428

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 61.65780° · Dec -25.34967°

Galactic ℓ, b

222.089° · -46.471°

Ecliptic λ, β

52.512° · -45.170°

HTM-20 index

1022021174

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