Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HATS-70 b

A gas giant orbiting the a-type white HATS-70, located approximately 4,758.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.51 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,100.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 17.04 g
  • An orbital period of 1.888 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0363 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,730 K (2457 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,758.06 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.049
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 83,908,411 years

HATS-70 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.51 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.384 R♃
Mass
4,100.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
12.900 M♃
Density
6.64 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
17.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.049
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility HATSouth
Telescope 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#197of 1771

top 11.1%

This planet

15.51R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-70 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.5111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,100.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.641.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0017.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.009,110.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4,100.007 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 98545929

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5605119586158973440

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5605119586158973440

System

HATS-70

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.513 R⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,100.007 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.89 d · percentile 6 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,458.83 pc · percentile 89 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.049 · percentile 4 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.888 days
Semi-major axis
0.0363 AU
Eccentricity
0.180
Inclination
86.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.89 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0363 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.436 %

Duration

3.624 h

Impact parameter b

0.240

Rp / R★

0.074000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,911.8749

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,358 ppm lasting ≈ 3.62 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.074000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.170

Impact parameter (b)

0.240

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1,460.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,911.8749

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

8.90°

True obliquity (ψ)

13.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02490

Eq. Temperature

2,730K

(2457 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

9,110.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.049

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

Zhou et al. 2019

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2019-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-70

Spectral Class

A-type white

Effective Temperature

7,930 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.81 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.881 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.780 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.167 dex

Stellar density

0.315 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

35.74 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

40.61 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,458.83 parsec
Light-years 4,758.06 ly
V-band magnitude
12.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 83,908,411 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.912.712.07B12.23V12.59Gaia12.45TESS12.59Sloan g12.64Sloan r12.73Sloan i12.14J12.11H12.04K12.05W112.09W212.49W38.95W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.658 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.437 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.42 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.44 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.280 · y = 0.808 · z = -0.519

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 109.10452° · Dec -31.24439°

Galactic ℓ, b

243.602° · -8.844°

Ecliptic λ, β

117.612° · -52.868°

HTM-20 index

1703575212

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