Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HATS-30 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-30, located approximately 1,115.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.17 Earth radii
  • A mass of 224.39 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.29 g
  • An orbital period of 3.174 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0435 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,414 K (1141 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,115.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.089
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,679,074 years

HATS-30 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.17 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.175 R♃
Mass
224.39 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.706 M♃
Density
0.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.089
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

#900of 1771

top 50.8%

This planet

13.17R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-30 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00224.39317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00718.910.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 224.388 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 281459670

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4906145613282734208

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4906145613282734208

System

HATS-30

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.171 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771
Mass 224.388 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.17 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1533
Distance 342.14 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.089 · percentile 22 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.174 days
Semi-major axis
0.0435 AU
Eccentricity
0.096
Inclination
86.84 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.17 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0435 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.546 %

Duration

2.750 h

Impact parameter b

0.487

Rp / R★

0.113700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,629.7616

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 15,457 ppm lasting ≈ 2.75 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.113700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.820

Impact parameter (b)

0.487

RV semi-amplitude (K)

91.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,629.7616

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12700

Eq. Temperature

1,414K

(1141 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

718.91

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.089

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-30

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,943 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.061 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.093 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.425 dex

Stellar density

1.290 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-0.08 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.11 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
342.14 parsec
Light-years 1,115.91 ly
V-band magnitude
12.28 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,679,074 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.812.812.80B12.28V12.08Gaia11.67TESS12.44Sloan g12.05Sloan r11.94Sloan i11.13J10.83H10.79K10.72W110.76W210.77W38.77W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.894 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.839 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-22.31 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.498 · y = 0.049 · z = -0.866

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 5.61853° · Dec -59.94259°

Galactic ℓ, b

309.555° · -56.812°

Ecliptic λ, β

329.014° · -54.450°

HTM-20 index

-999049809

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