Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HATS-27 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HATS-27, located approximately 2,664.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.81 Earth radii
  • A mass of 168.45 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.60 g
  • An orbital period of 4.637 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0611 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,659 K (1386 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,664.66 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.056
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 46,991,195 years

HATS-27 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.81 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.500 R♃
Mass
168.45 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.530 M♃
Density
0.18 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.60 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.056
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

#116of 1771

top 6.5%

This planet

16.81R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-27 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.8111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00168.45317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.181.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.602.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,342.570.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 168.450 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 248111245

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6134228079203074176

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6134228079203074176

System

HATS-27

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.814 R⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1771
Mass 168.450 M⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.64 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1533
Distance 816.99 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.056 · percentile 7 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.637 days
Semi-major axis
0.0611 AU
Eccentricity
0.581
Inclination
87.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.64 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0611 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.777 %

Duration

4.831 h

Impact parameter b

0.360

Rp / R★

0.089500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,029.3374

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,766 ppm lasting ≈ 4.83 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.089500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.550

Impact parameter (b)

0.360

RV semi-amplitude (K)

51.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,029.3374

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07480

Eq. Temperature

1,659K

(1386 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,342.57

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.056

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

Espinoza et al. 2016

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2016-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-27

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,438 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.740 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.415 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.107 dex

Stellar density

0.379 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-3.58 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

9.32 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
816.99 parsec
Light-years 2,664.66 ly
V-band magnitude
12.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 46,991,195 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.413.213.24B12.78V12.68Gaia12.33TESS12.93Sloan g12.67Sloan r12.52Sloan i11.83J11.65H11.55K11.53W111.53W211.59W39.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.198 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.604 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-13.59 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.55 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.668 · y = -0.161 · z = -0.726

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 193.55246° · Dec -46.58772°

Galactic ℓ, b

303.428° · 16.281°

Ecliptic λ, β

213.167° · -37.044°

HTM-20 index

-1071658447

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