Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

HIP 65 A b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 65 A, located approximately 201.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 22.75 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,021.19 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.97 g
  • An orbital period of 0.981 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0178 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,411 K (1138 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 201.52 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.075
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,553,760 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

HIP 65 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
22.75 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
2.030 R♃
Mass
1,021.19 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.213 M♃
Density
0.48 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.075
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#12of 1771

top 0.6%

This planet

22.75R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 65 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0022.7511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,021.19317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.481.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00661.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,021.188 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 937.594 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 65 A

TIC

TIC 201248411

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4923860051276772608

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4923860051276772608

System

HIP 65

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 22.754 R⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,021.188 M⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 0.98 d · percentile 1 / cohort 1533
Distance 61.79 pc · percentile 26 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.075 · percentile 16 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.981 days
Semi-major axis
0.0178 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
77.18 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 23.5 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0178 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

8.200 %

Duration

0.786 h

Impact parameter b

1.169

Rp / R★

0.287000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,326.1042

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 82,000 ppm lasting ≈ 0.79 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.287000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.289

Impact parameter (b)

1.169

RV semi-amplitude (K)

753.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,326.1042

Long. of periastron (ω)

291.42°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.28800

Eq. Temperature

1,411K

(1138 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

661.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.075

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. 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

Nielsen et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HIP 65 A

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,590 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.724 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.781 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.611 dex

Stellar density

2.898 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

21.04 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.50 km/s

Rotation period

13.20 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
61.79 parsec
Light-years 201.52 ly
V-band magnitude
11.00 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,553,760 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.112.112.10B11.00V10.59Gaia9.90TESS8.92J8.40H8.29K8.12W18.18W28.10W38.12W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.156 mas

Total Proper Motion

215.055 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-202.82 mas/yr

PM Declination

-71.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.576 · y = 0.002 · z = -0.817

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 0.18561° · Dec -54.83082°

Galactic ℓ, b

317.943° · -60.795°

Ecliptic λ, β

330.679° · -48.655°

HTM-20 index

874778930

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