Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HATS-63 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-63, located approximately 2,032.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.53 Earth radii
  • A mass of 305.12 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.67 g
  • An orbital period of 3.057 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0403 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,398 K (1125 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,032.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.093
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,846,813 years

HATS-63 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.53 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.207 R♃
Mass
305.12 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.960 M♃
Density
0.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.67 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.093
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

#668of 1771

top 37.7%

This planet

13.53R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-63 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00305.12317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.672.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00634.100.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 305.117 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 178879588

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4891362198412001408

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4891362198412001408

System

HATS-63

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.529 R⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1771
Mass 305.117 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.06 d · percentile 16 / cohort 1533
Distance 623.23 pc · percentile 79 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.093 · percentile 24 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.057 days
Semi-major axis
0.0403 AU
Eccentricity
0.136
Inclination
84.86 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.06 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0403 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.252 %

Duration

2.448 h

Impact parameter b

0.724

Rp / R★

0.115900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,659.9376

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 12,518 ppm lasting ≈ 2.45 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.115900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.090

Impact parameter (b)

0.724

RV semi-amplitude (K)

140.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,659.9376

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06460

Eq. Temperature

1,398K

(1125 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

634.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.093

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-63

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,627 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.070 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.931 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.349 dex

Stellar density

1.071 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-4.17 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.77 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
623.23 parsec
Light-years 2,032.71 ly
V-band magnitude
13.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 35,846,813 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.914.614.60B13.99V13.72Gaia13.26TESS14.18Sloan g13.67Sloan r13.48Sloan i12.63J12.29H12.22K12.16W112.20W212.08W38.95W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.576 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.775 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.78 mas/yr

PM Declination

16.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.338 · y = 0.814 · z = -0.473

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 67.41858° · Dec -28.19721°

Galactic ℓ, b

227.567° · -42.089°

Ecliptic λ, β

58.789° · -49.219°

HTM-20 index

1693077318

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