Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HATS-66 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HATS-66, located approximately 4,820.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.82 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,694.03 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.77 g
  • An orbital period of 3.141 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0471 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,998 K (1725 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,820.52 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.069
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 85,009,873 years

HATS-66 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.82 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.411 R♃
Mass
1,694.03 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.330 M♃
Density
2.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.77 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.069
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

#173of 1771

top 9.7%

This planet

15.82R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-66 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.8211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,694.03317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.772.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,637.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,694.034 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 52689469

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5582647836223843840

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5582647836223843840

System

HATS-66

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.816 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,694.034 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.14 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,477.98 pc · percentile 89 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.069 · percentile 13 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.141 days
Semi-major axis
0.0471 AU
Eccentricity
0.064
Inclination
87.06 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.14 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0471 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.543 %

Duration

4.543 h

Impact parameter b

0.283

Rp / R★

0.078700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,603.0514

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,433 ppm lasting ≈ 4.54 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.078700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.283

RV semi-amplitude (K)

586.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,603.0514

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03190

Eq. Temperature

1,998K

(1725 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,637.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.069

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-66

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,626 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.17 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.841 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.411 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.057 dex

Stellar density

0.318 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

39.94 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

12.86 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,477.98 parsec
Light-years 4,820.52 ly
V-band magnitude
14.28 mag
Voyager-speed travel 85,009,873 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.814.614.63B14.28V14.01Gaia13.64TESS14.34Sloan g14.02Sloan r13.89Sloan i13.08J12.83H12.76K12.78W112.80W212.83W38.83W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.648 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.224 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.37 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.55 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.164 · y = 0.814 · z = -0.557

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 101.39480° · Dec -33.88169°

Galactic ℓ, b

243.310° · -15.848°

Ecliptic λ, β

107.348° · -56.637°

HTM-20 index

-604960603

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