Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HAT-P-27 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HAT-P-27, located approximately 649.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.43 Earth radii
  • A mass of 197.05 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.51 g
  • An orbital period of 3.040 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0400 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,092 K (819 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 649.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.132
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,455,954 years

HAT-P-27 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.43 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.020 R♃
Mass
197.05 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.620 M♃
Density
0.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.51 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.132
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011
Method Transit
Facility HATNet
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1600of 1771

top 90.3%

This planet

11.43R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-27 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.4311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00197.05317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.512.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00336.040.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 197.050 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 461239485

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1159336403336463872

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1159336403336463872

System

HAT-P-27

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.430 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1771
Mass 197.050 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.04 d · percentile 16 / cohort 1533
Distance 199.17 pc · percentile 50 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.132 · percentile 34 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.040 days
Semi-major axis
0.0400 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.04 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0400 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.430 %

Duration

1.680 h

Impact parameter b

0.870

Rp / R★

0.120000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,407.9088

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 14,300 ppm lasting ≈ 1.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.120000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.804

Impact parameter (b)

0.870

RV semi-amplitude (K)

91.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,407.9088

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

24.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20100

Eq. Temperature

1,092K

(819 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

336.04

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.132

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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

Beky et al. 2011

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2011-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-27

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,316 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.865 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.916 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.30

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.526 dex

Stellar density

1.998 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-15.77 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.40 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
199.17 parsec
Light-years 649.61 ly
V-band magnitude
12.05 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,455,954 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.013.013.05B12.05V11.96Gaia11.41TESS10.63J10.25H10.11K10.08W110.12W210.03W39.04W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.992 mas

Total Proper Motion

28.753 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-28.62 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.730 · y = -0.675 · z = 0.104

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 222.76732° · Dec 5.94736°

Galactic ℓ, b

1.683° · 54.544°

Ecliptic λ, β

218.382° · 21.328°

HTM-20 index

-1273614565

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