Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HAT-P-29 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-29, located approximately 1,022.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.11 Earth radii
  • A mass of 279.69 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.63 g
  • An orbital period of 5.723 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0667 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,281 K (1008 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,022.75 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.105
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,036,141 years

HAT-P-29 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.11 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
279.69 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.880 M♃
Density
0.71 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.63 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.105
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

#905of 1771

top 51.0%

This planet

13.11R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-29 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00279.69317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.711.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.632.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00433.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 279.690 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 243.776 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 243.926 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 250707118

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 359058441314838528

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 359058441314838528

System

HAT-P-29

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.115 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771
Mass 279.690 M⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.72 d · percentile 39 / cohort 1533
Distance 313.58 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.105 · percentile 28 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.723 days
Semi-major axis
0.0667 AU
Eccentricity
0.090
Inclination
87.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.72 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0667 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.860 %

Duration

3.893 h

Impact parameter b

0.591

Rp / R★

0.087770

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,210.6154

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,600 ppm lasting ≈ 3.89 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.087770

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.740

Impact parameter (b)

0.591

RV semi-amplitude (K)

78.300 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,210.6154

Long. of periastron (ω)

159.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-26.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.21300

Eq. Temperature

1,281K

(1008 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

433.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.105

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-29

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,087 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.300 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.450 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.340 dex

Stellar density

0.930 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-21.65 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.90 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
313.58 parsec
Light-years 1,022.75 ly
V-band magnitude
11.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,036,141 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.112.312.30B11.83V11.73Gaia11.28TESS10.65J10.40H10.30K10.24W110.28W210.29W39.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.161 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.987 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.518 · y = 0.338 · z = 0.786

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 33.13109° · Dec 51.77878°

Galactic ℓ, b

135.471° · -9.108°

Ecliptic λ, β

50.237° · 35.894°

HTM-20 index

-1230488488

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