HAT-P-58 is a Sun-like F-type star (about 1.03 solar masses, 6,078 K, 1.53 solar radii), 516 light-years from Earth. HAT-P-58 b is a 0.37-Jupiter-mass companion, with an orbital period of 4.0 days, at 0.050 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 1,622 K, on an eccentric orbit (e ≈ 0.07), discovered in 2021 via transit. The inner world is a hot Jupiter — a gas giant hugging its star at a fraction of Mercury's distance — a class that forced astronomers to rethink how giant planets form and migrate inward.

HAT-P-58 - System

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