ExoAtmospheres
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HAT-P-8 b

Planet status Confirmed
Planet type Hot Jupiter
Period 3.0763402 d
Mass 1.34 MJ 425.852 M⊕
Radius 1.5 RJ 16.8 R⊕
Semi major axis 0.0449 AU
Star name HAT-P-8
Star distance 230 pc
Star teff 6200 K
Star radius 1.58 R☉
Temperature (calculated) 1773 K
V 10.17 mag
J 9.214 mag
K 8.953 mag
Alternate names
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Molecules

He: Detection

G-B:Low resolution IR

The First Dedicated Survey of Atmospheric Escape from Planets Orbiting F Stars

2025, Morgan Saidel, Shreyas Vissapragada et al.

2sigma tentative detection of He excess with narrow band photometry

Dayside Temperature (occultation): 999999 K

Spitzer

Warm Spitzer Observations of Three Hot Exoplanets: XO-4b, HAT-P-6b, and HAT-P-8b

2012, Todorov, Kamen O., Deming, Drake et al.

HAT-P-8b shows a stronger eclipse amplitude at 3.6 μm and is best described by models without a temperature inversion