Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HAT-P-33 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-33, located approximately 1,291.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 20.74 Earth radii
  • A mass of 292.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.68 g
  • An orbital period of 3.474 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0500 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,782 K (1509 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,291.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.050
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,783,299 years

HAT-P-33 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
20.74 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.850 R♃
Mass
292.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.920 M♃
Density
0.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.68 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.050
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

#28of 1771

top 1.5%

This planet

20.74R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-33 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0020.7411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00292.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.682.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,701.380.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 292.404 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 239154970

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 893550942158776832

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 893550942158776832

System

HAT-P-33

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 20.737 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1771
Mass 292.404 M⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.47 d · percentile 22 / cohort 1533
Distance 396.11 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.050 · percentile 4 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.474 days
Semi-major axis
0.0500 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.47 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0500 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.100 %

Duration

4.414 h

Impact parameter b

0.325

Rp / R★

0.100970

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,078.1299

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,000 ppm lasting ≈ 4.41 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.100970

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.570

Impact parameter (b)

0.325

RV semi-amplitude (K)

82.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,078.1299

Long. of periastron (ω)

15.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-5.90°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12600

Eq. Temperature

1,782K

(1509 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,701.38

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.050

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

Hartman et al. 2011

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2011-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-33

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,446 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.790 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.820 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.150 dex

Stellar density

0.450 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

23.03 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

15.57 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
396.11 parsec
Light-years 1,291.94 ly
V-band magnitude
11.03 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,783,299 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.911.711.67B11.03V11.02Gaia10.71TESS10.26J10.06H10.00K10.00W110.02W29.98W38.93W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.497 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.649 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.10 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.327 · y = 0.764 · z = 0.557

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 113.18424° · Dec 33.83502°

Galactic ℓ, b

185.307° · 22.730°

Ecliptic λ, β

109.524° · 11.954°

HTM-20 index

-479207920

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