Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HATS-64 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HATS-64, located approximately 3,523.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.82 Earth radii
  • A mass of 305.12 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.86 g
  • An orbital period of 4.909 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0656 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,793 K (1520 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,522.97 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.053
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 62,127,644 years

HATS-64 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.82 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.679 R♃
Mass
305.12 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.960 M♃
Density
0.25 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.86 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.053
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

#49of 1771

top 2.7%

This planet

18.82R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-64 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.8211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00305.12317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.251.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.862.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,711.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

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

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 189625051

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5632704511826797824

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5632704511826797824

System

HATS-64

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.820 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1771
Mass 305.117 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.91 d · percentile 36 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,080.15 pc · percentile 87 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.053 · percentile 6 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.909 days
Semi-major axis
0.0656 AU
Eccentricity
0.151
Inclination
87.24 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.91 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0656 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.555 %

Duration

5.806 h

Impact parameter b

0.321

Rp / R★

0.081700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,769.8229

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,549 ppm lasting ≈ 5.81 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.081700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.680

Impact parameter (b)

0.321

RV semi-amplitude (K)

85.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,769.8229

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06080

Eq. Temperature

1,793K

(1520 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,711.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.053

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-64

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,554 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.86 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.113 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.564 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.982 dex

Stellar density

0.234 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

7.36 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

12.65 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,080.15 parsec
Light-years 3,522.97 ly
V-band magnitude
13.05 mag
Voyager-speed travel 62,127,644 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.813.413.42B13.05V12.84Gaia12.49TESS13.13Sloan g12.81Sloan r12.76Sloan i11.97J11.78H11.71K11.67W111.67W212.10W38.85W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.897 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.480 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.13 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.53 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.705 · y = 0.507 · z = -0.497

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 144.28761° · Dec -29.80044°

Galactic ℓ, b

260.193° · 16.523°

Ecliptic λ, β

159.239° · -41.106°

HTM-20 index

-231334382

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