Exoplanet · gas giant
HIP 65 A b
HIP 65 A b is a gas giant orbiting the star HIP 65 A. Its year lasts 0.981 Earth days. It was discovered in 2020 by the Transit method.
| Host star | HIP 65 A |
|---|---|
| Distance | 201.5 light-years (61.8 pc) |
| Orbital period | 23.5 hours |
| Orbital radius | 0.0178 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.000 |
| Radius | 22.8 R⊕ · 2.03 R♃ |
| Mass | 1,020 M⊕ · 3.21 M♃ |
| Density | 0.48 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 1.97 × Earth |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,411 K (1,138 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 661 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2020 |
| Discovered by | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 661 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 21° across: 40 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.00. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 35° N. South of latitude 35° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1824. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.6 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.