Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HATS-76 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HATS-76, located approximately 1,257.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.09 Earth radii
  • A mass of 835.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.71 g
  • An orbital period of 1.942 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0266 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 940 K (667 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,257.95 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.180
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,183,908 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

HATS-76 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.09 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.079 R♃
Mass
835.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.629 M♃
Density
2.58 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.71 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.180
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility HATSouth
Telescope 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1488of 1771

top 84.0%

This planet

12.09R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-76 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.0911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00835.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.581.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.712.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00129.800.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 835.571 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 170849515

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4877426575724467456

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4877426575724467456

System

HATS-76

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.094 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 835.571 M⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.94 d · percentile 6 / cohort 1533
Distance 385.69 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.180 · percentile 38 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.942 days
Semi-major axis
0.0266 AU
Eccentricity
0.062
Inclination
88.24 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.94 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0266 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

3.295 %

Duration

1.858 h

Impact parameter b

0.281

Rp / R★

0.177200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,424.5556

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 32,945 ppm lasting ≈ 1.86 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.177200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.120

Impact parameter (b)

0.281

RV semi-amplitude (K)

562.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,424.5556

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06890

Eq. Temperature

940K

(667 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

129.80

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.180

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

Jord Aacute N et al. 2022

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2022-03

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2021 at HATSouth (3 shown).

Host System: HATS-76

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,016 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.626 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.662 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.32

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.665 dex

Stellar density

3.800 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

8.60 km/s

Rotation period

15.16 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
385.69 parsec
Light-years 1,257.95 ly
V-band magnitude
16.68 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,183,908 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.618.118.09B16.68V15.79Gaia14.86TESS13.69J12.98H12.81K12.76W112.78W212.40W38.65W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.564 mas

Total Proper Motion

38.989 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.43 mas/yr

PM Declination

-38.61 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.284 · y = 0.796 · z = -0.535

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 70.33977° · Dec -32.32042°

Galactic ℓ, b

233.591° · -40.400°

Ecliptic λ, β

61.210° · -53.812°

HTM-20 index

1827950768

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