Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HATS-65 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HATS-65, located approximately 1,609.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.82 Earth radii
  • A mass of 260.94 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.92 g
  • An orbital period of 3.105 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0450 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,634 K (1361 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,608.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.063
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,374,586 years

HATS-65 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.82 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.501 R♃
Mass
260.94 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.821 M♃
Density
0.30 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.063
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

#115of 1771

top 6.4%

This planet

16.82R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-65 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.8211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00260.94317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.301.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,178.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 260.938 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 169504920

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6766134630213144704

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6766134630213144704

System

HATS-65

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.825 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1771
Mass 260.938 M⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.11 d · percentile 17 / cohort 1533
Distance 493.32 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.063 · percentile 10 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.105 days
Semi-major axis
0.0450 AU
Eccentricity
0.062
Inclination
84.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.11 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0450 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.304 %

Duration

2.885 h

Impact parameter b

0.667

Rp / R★

0.118100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,520.9613

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,036 ppm lasting ≈ 2.88 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.118100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.380

Impact parameter (b)

0.667

RV semi-amplitude (K)

97.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,520.9613

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09120

Eq. Temperature

1,634K

(1361 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,178.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.063

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-65

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,277 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.78 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.310 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.257 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.303 dex

Stellar density

0.788 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-12.32 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

7.83 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
493.32 parsec
Light-years 1,608.99 ly
V-band magnitude
12.68 mag
Voyager-speed travel 28,374,586 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.313.113.08B12.68V12.38Gaia11.98TESS12.75Sloan g12.38Sloan r12.14Sloan i11.41J11.15H11.10K10.98W111.03W211.14W38.28W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.000 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.498 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.49 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.16 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.348 · y = -0.822 · z = -0.450

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.93978° · Dec -26.74020°

Galactic ℓ, b

12.408° · -20.138°

Ecliptic λ, β

290.445° · -4.915°

HTM-20 index

-646542663

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