Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HAT-P-30 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-30, located approximately 697.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 263.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 2.811 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0419 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,630 K (1357 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 697.92 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.064
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,307,905 years

HAT-P-30 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.440 R♃
Mass
263.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.830 M♃
Density
0.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.064
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

#146of 1771

top 8.2%

This planet

16.14R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-30 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00263.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,467.960.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 263.799 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 455135327

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3096441729861716224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3096441729861716224

System

HAT-P-30

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.141 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1771
Mass 263.799 M⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.81 d · percentile 13 / cohort 1533
Distance 213.99 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.064 · percentile 10 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.811 days
Semi-major axis
0.0419 AU
Eccentricity
0.040
Inclination
83.60 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.81 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0419 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.300 %

Duration

2.250 h

Impact parameter b

0.854

Rp / R★

0.110900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,775.2128

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,000 ppm lasting ≈ 2.25 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.110900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.430

Impact parameter (b)

0.854

RV semi-amplitude (K)

88.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,775.2128

Long. of periastron (ω)

252.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

73.50°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19600

Eq. Temperature

1,630K

(1357 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,467.96

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.064

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

Johnson et al. 2011

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2011-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-30

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,304 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.310 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.550 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.360 dex

Stellar density

0.980 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

45.51 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
213.99 parsec
Light-years 697.92 ly
V-band magnitude
10.35 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,307,905 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.411.010.95B10.35V10.30Gaia9.94TESS9.44J9.22H9.15K9.04W19.08W29.09W38.39W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.645 mas

Total Proper Motion

29.537 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-17.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

23.78 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.556 · y = 0.825 · z = 0.102

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 123.94984° · Dec 5.83687°

Galactic ℓ, b

217.412° · 21.405°

Ecliptic λ, β

124.856° · -13.589°

HTM-20 index

1207903535

Observation Record

RV measurements

2

Emission spectra

5

Archive notes

3

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