Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HAT-P-36 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HAT-P-36, located approximately 960.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.31 Earth radii
  • A mass of 587.41 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.87 g
  • An orbital period of 1.327 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0241 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,781 K (1508 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 960.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.076
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,934,276 years

HAT-P-36 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.31 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.277 R♃
Mass
587.41 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.848 M♃
Density
1.18 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.87 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

#300of 1771

top 16.9%

This planet

14.31R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HAT-P-36 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.3111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00587.41317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.181.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.872.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,821.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 587.413 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 609.916 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 612.071 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 373693175

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1541532207133249920

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1541532207133249920

System

HAT-P-36

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.314 R⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1771
Mass 587.413 M⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.33 d · percentile 2 / cohort 1533
Distance 294.42 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.076 · percentile 16 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.327 days
Semi-major axis
0.0241 AU
Eccentricity
0.063
Inclination
87.13 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.33 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0241 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.885 %

Duration

2.232 h

Impact parameter b

0.250

Rp / R★

0.119900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,885.3840

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 18,850 ppm lasting ≈ 2.23 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.119900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.950

Impact parameter (b)

0.250

RV semi-amplitude (K)

334.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,885.3840

Long. of periastron (ω)

51.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-14.00°

True obliquity (ψ)

63.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08190

Eq. Temperature

1,781K

(1508 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,821.00

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-36

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,620 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.60 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.041 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.416 dex

Stellar density

1.089 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-16.29 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.58 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
294.42 parsec
Light-years 960.27 ly
V-band magnitude
12.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,934,276 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.615.115.08U12.97B12.15V12.09Gaia11.63TESS12.73Sloan g12.17Sloan r11.98Sloan i13.34Sloan z11.05J10.72H10.60K10.59W110.63W210.49W38.64W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.368 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.161 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.701 · y = -0.102 · z = 0.706

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 188.26620° · Dec 44.91537°

Galactic ℓ, b

133.414° · 71.837°

Ecliptic λ, β

165.022° · 43.496°

HTM-20 index

-1601948942

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