Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HAT-P-34 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-34, located approximately 813.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.42 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,058.37 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.88 g
  • An orbital period of 5.453 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0677 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,520 K (1247 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 813.19 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.102
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,340,577 years

HAT-P-34 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.42 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.197 R♃
Mass
1,058.37 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.330 M♃
Density
2.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.88 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.102
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

#729of 1771

top 41.1%

This planet

13.42R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-34 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.4211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,058.37317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.882.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00433.780.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,058.374 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 351766

TIC

TIC 278348461

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1810218734055374720

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1810218734058821632

System

HAT-P-34

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.417 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,058.374 M⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.45 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1533
Distance 249.33 pc · percentile 56 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.102 · percentile 27 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.453 days
Semi-major axis
0.0677 AU
Eccentricity
0.432
Inclination
87.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.45 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0677 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.775 %

Duration

3.175 h

Impact parameter b

0.126

Rp / R★

0.081800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,431.5971

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,750 ppm lasting ≈ 3.18 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.081800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.860

Impact parameter (b)

0.126

RV semi-amplitude (K)

343.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,431.5971

Long. of periastron (ω)

21.90°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

0.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.27200

Eq. Temperature

1,520K

(1247 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

433.78

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.102

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

Bakos et al. 2012

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2012-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HAT-P-34

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,442 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.530 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.392 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.210 dex

Stellar density

0.505 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-49.26 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

24.00 km/s

Distance
249.33 parsec
Light-years 813.19 ly
V-band magnitude
10.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,340,577 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.510.810.81B10.40V10.19Gaia9.87TESS9.46J9.32H9.25K9.18W19.21W29.22W38.51W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.983 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.885 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

16.39 mas/yr

PM Declination

-12.94 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.520 · y = -0.795 · z = 0.311

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 303.19544° · Dec 18.10478°

Galactic ℓ, b

58.541° · -8.759°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.644° · 36.977°

HTM-20 index

-1946607152

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