Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HAT-P-35 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HAT-P-35, located approximately 1,653.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.93 Earth radii
  • A mass of 335.63 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.51 g
  • An orbital period of 3.647 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0498 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,581 K (1308 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,653.50 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.076
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 29,159,414 years

HAT-P-35 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.93 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.332 R♃
Mass
335.63 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.056 M♃
Density
0.55 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.51 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.076
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

#235of 1771

top 13.2%

This planet

14.93R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-35 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.9311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00335.63317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.551.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.512.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00999.670.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 335.628 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 455096220

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3094733088793018240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3094733088793018240

System

HAT-P-35

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.930 R⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1771
Mass 335.628 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.65 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1533
Distance 506.97 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.076 · percentile 16 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.647 days
Semi-major axis
0.0498 AU
Eccentricity
0.020
Inclination
87.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.65 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0498 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.899 %

Duration

3.936 h

Impact parameter b

0.357

Rp / R★

0.095400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,578.6616

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,995 ppm lasting ≈ 3.94 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.095400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.450

Impact parameter (b)

0.357

RV semi-amplitude (K)

120.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,578.6616

Long. of periastron (ω)

248.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09820

Eq. Temperature

1,581K

(1308 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

999.67

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.076

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-35

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,096 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.435 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.236 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.210 dex

Stellar density

0.590 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

40.95 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.50 km/s

Distance
506.97 parsec
Light-years 1,653.50 ly
V-band magnitude
12.39 mag
Voyager-speed travel 29,159,414 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.414.614.61U12.84B12.39V12.28Gaia11.90TESS12.69Sloan g12.39Sloan r12.31Sloan i13.16Sloan z11.36J11.07H11.03K11.02W111.04W211.04W38.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.945 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.066 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.57 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.35 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.546 · y = 0.833 · z = 0.083

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 123.25070° · Dec 4.78703°

Galactic ℓ, b

218.074° · 20.308°

Ecliptic λ, β

124.403° · -14.769°

HTM-20 index

1415677093

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