Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

HATS-71 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf HATS-71, located approximately 457.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.48 Earth radii
  • A mass of 117.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.89 g
  • An orbital period of 3.796 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0375 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 587 K (314 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 457.35 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.224
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,065,406 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

HATS-71 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.48 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.024 R♃
Mass
117.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.370 M♃
Density
0.42 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.89 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.224
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility HATSouth
Telescope 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1592of 1771

top 89.8%

This planet

11.48R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-71 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.4811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00117.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.421.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.892.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0018.080.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 117.597 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 234523599

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4710594412266148352

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4710594412266148352

System

HATS-71

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.478 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1771
Mass 117.597 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.80 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1533
Distance 140.23 pc · percentile 43 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.224 · percentile 41 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.796 days
Semi-major axis
0.0375 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.80 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0374 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

5.228 %

Duration

2.015 h

Impact parameter b

0.348

Rp / R★

0.220200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,858.8013

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 52,279 ppm lasting ≈ 2.01 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.220200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.840

Impact parameter (b)

0.348

RV semi-amplitude (K)

77.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,858.8013

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.26700

Eq. Temperature

587K

(314 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

18.08

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.224

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Bakos et al. 2020

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2020-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-71

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,405 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.478 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.486 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.765 dex

Stellar density

6.260 g/cm³

Rotation period

41.72 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
140.23 parsec
Light-years 457.35 ly
V-band magnitude
16.44 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,065,406 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.517.217.22B16.44V15.35Gaia14.13TESS17.11Sloan g15.81Sloan r14.58Sloan i12.61J11.97H11.73K11.56W111.48W210.75W38.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.103 mas

Total Proper Motion

83.383 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

78.86 mas/yr

PM Declination

-27.09 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.456 · y = 0.127 · z = -0.881

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 15.55189° · Dec -61.75613°

Galactic ℓ, b

300.693° · -55.325°

Ecliptic λ, β

332.825° · -59.173°

HTM-20 index

2130003252

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