Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HATS-11 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-11, located approximately 3,080.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.03 Earth radii
  • A mass of 263.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.81 g
  • An orbital period of 3.619 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0507 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,596 K (1323 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,080.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.066
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 54,331,304 years

HATS-11 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.03 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.609 R♃
Mass
263.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.830 M♃
Density
0.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.81 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.066
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility HATSouth
Telescope 0.18 m Takahashi Epsilon Astrograph

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#73of 1771

top 4.1%

This planet

18.03R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-11 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.0311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00263.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.812.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,027.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

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

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 11439959

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6771149120491232768

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6771149120491232768

System

HATS-11

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.030 R⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1771
Mass 263.799 M⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.62 d · percentile 24 / cohort 1533
Distance 944.60 pc · percentile 86 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.066 · percentile 11 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.619 days
Semi-major axis
0.0507 AU
Eccentricity
0.340
Inclination
89.03 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.62 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0507 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.373 %

Duration

4.368 h

Impact parameter b

0.140

Rp / R★

0.107100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,313.2737

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,734 ppm lasting ≈ 4.37 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.107100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.920

Impact parameter (b)

0.140

RV semi-amplitude (K)

112.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,313.2737

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05370

Eq. Temperature

1,596K

(1323 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,027.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.066

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

Rabus et al. 2016

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2016-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-11

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

6,563 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.540 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.330 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.190 dex

Stellar density

0.479 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-58.32 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.80 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
944.60 parsec
Light-years 3,080.88 ly
V-band magnitude
14.06 mag
Voyager-speed travel 54,331,304 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.014.714.66B14.06V13.83Gaia13.74Kepler13.37TESS14.27Sloan g13.87Sloan r13.51Sloan i12.65J12.32H12.24K12.18W112.22W212.36W38.97W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.031 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.240 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

-20.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.307 · y = -0.872 · z = -0.381

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.40076° · Dec -22.39001°

Galactic ℓ, b

15.356° · -15.512°

Ecliptic λ, β

287.883° · -0.147°

HTM-20 index

1539559690

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