Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HATS-29 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-29, located approximately 1,154.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.02 Earth radii
  • A mass of 207.54 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 4.606 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0548 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,212 K (939 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,154.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.100
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,354,964 years

HATS-29 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.02 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.251 R♃
Mass
207.54 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.653 M♃
Density
0.41 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.100
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

#406of 1771

top 22.9%

This planet

14.02R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-29 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00207.54317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.411.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00356.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 207.543 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 201604954

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6638230431120193280

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6638230431120193280

System

HATS-29

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.022 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1771
Mass 207.543 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.61 d · percentile 34 / cohort 1533
Distance 353.89 pc · percentile 66 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.100 · percentile 26 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.606 days
Semi-major axis
0.0548 AU
Eccentricity
0.158
Inclination
87.37 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.61 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0548 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.379 %

Duration

3.211 h

Impact parameter b

0.502

Rp / R★

0.120100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,031.9562

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,793 ppm lasting ≈ 3.21 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.120100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.960

Impact parameter (b)

0.502

RV semi-amplitude (K)

78.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,031.9562

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15500

Eq. Temperature

1,212K

(939 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

356.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.100

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-29

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,670 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.073 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.032 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.389 dex

Stellar density

1.170 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-19.72 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.35 km/s

Rotation period

25.70 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.455

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
353.89 parsec
Light-years 1,154.24 ly
V-band magnitude
12.62 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,354,964 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.213.413.35B12.62V12.46Gaia11.97TESS12.95Sloan g12.43Sloan r12.15Sloan i11.29J10.93H10.88K10.85W110.89W210.80W39.24W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.798 mas

Total Proper Motion

37.403 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.99 mas/yr

PM Declination

-37.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.150 · y = -0.555 · z = -0.818

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.09652° · Dec -54.89334°

Galactic ℓ, b

341.610° · -23.142°

Ecliptic λ, β

280.168° · -31.986°

HTM-20 index

1935776661

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