Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HAT-P-28 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HAT-P-28, located approximately 1,308.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.59 Earth radii
  • A mass of 198.95 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.08 g
  • An orbital period of 3.257 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0434 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,384 K (1111 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,308.93 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.088
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,082,909 years

HAT-P-28 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.59 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.212 R♃
Mass
198.95 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.626 M♃
Density
0.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.088
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

#657of 1771

top 37.0%

This planet

13.59R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-28 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00198.95317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00554.710.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 198.953 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 53728859

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 363702817083391232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 363702817083391232

System

HAT-P-28

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.585 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 198.953 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.26 d · percentile 19 / cohort 1533
Distance 401.32 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.088 · percentile 22 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.257 days
Semi-major axis
0.0434 AU
Eccentricity
0.051
Inclination
88.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.26 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0434 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.472 %

Duration

3.218 h

Impact parameter b

0.299

Rp / R★

0.113000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,417.5983

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 14,719 ppm lasting ≈ 3.22 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.113000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.430

Impact parameter (b)

0.299

RV semi-amplitude (K)

84.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,417.5983

Long. of periastron (ω)

233.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10800

Eq. Temperature

1,384K

(1111 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

554.71

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.088

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

Buchhave et al. 2011

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2011-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-28

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,680 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.10 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.103 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.025 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.360 dex

Stellar density

1.244 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

43.88 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
401.32 parsec
Light-years 1,308.93 ly
V-band magnitude
13.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,082,909 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.115.15U13.83B13.10V12.87Gaia12.34TESS14.27Sloan g13.13Sloan r12.83Sloan i12.84Sloan z11.56J11.21H11.10K11.06W111.08W210.84W39.39W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.463 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.678 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

25.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.86 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.801 · y = 0.185 · z = 0.570

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 13.00092° · Dec 34.72840°

Galactic ℓ, b

123.064° · -28.143°

Ecliptic λ, β

26.323° · 26.688°

HTM-20 index

442859679

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