Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HATS-28 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-28, located approximately 1,746.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.38 Earth radii
  • A mass of 213.58 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 3.181 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0413 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,253 K (980 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,746.18 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.100
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 30,793,949 years

HATS-28 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.38 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.194 R♃
Mass
213.58 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.672 M♃
Density
0.48 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.100
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

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

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#783of 1771

top 44.2%

This planet

13.38R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-28 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00213.58317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.481.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 213.582 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 6663331

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6661242835829891584

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6661242835829891584

System

HATS-28

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.384 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 213.582 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.18 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1533
Distance 535.38 pc · percentile 76 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.100 · percentile 26 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.181 days
Semi-major axis
0.0413 AU
Eccentricity
0.202
Inclination
86.17 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.18 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0413 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.119 %

Duration

2.354 h

Impact parameter b

0.643

Rp / R★

0.133100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,034.2830

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 21,193 ppm lasting ≈ 2.35 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.133100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.630

Impact parameter (b)

0.643

RV semi-amplitude (K)

97.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,034.2830

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07720

Eq. Temperature

1,253K

(980 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.100

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — 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-28

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,498 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.922 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.929 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.476 dex

Stellar density

1.670 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-8.65 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
535.38 parsec
Light-years 1,746.18 ly
V-band magnitude
13.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 30,793,949 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.614.714.71B13.98V13.79Gaia13.29TESS14.27Sloan g13.72Sloan r13.62Sloan i12.52J12.19H12.09K12.00W112.02W211.68W38.59W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.839 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.504 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

11.10 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.163 · y = -0.634 · z = -0.756

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.39976° · Dec -49.13851°

Galactic ℓ, b

347.451° · -21.131°

Ecliptic λ, β

280.445° · -26.220°

HTM-20 index

-643592566

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