Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HATS-33 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-33, located approximately 810.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.79 Earth radii
  • A mass of 378.85 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.99 g
  • An orbital period of 2.550 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0373 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,429 K (1156 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 810.37 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.093
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,290,825 years

HATS-33 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.79 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.230 R♃
Mass
378.85 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.192 M♃
Density
0.79 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.093
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

#540of 1771

top 30.4%

This planet

13.79R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-33 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.7911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00378.85317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.791.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00757.130.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 378.853 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 360742636

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6640975950310072960

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6640975950310072960

System

HATS-33

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.787 R⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1771
Mass 378.853 M⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.55 d · percentile 11 / cohort 1533
Distance 248.46 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.093 · percentile 24 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.550 days
Semi-major axis
0.0373 AU
Eccentricity
0.080
Inclination
87.62 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.55 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0373 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.492 %

Duration

2.676 h

Impact parameter b

0.330

Rp / R★

0.123700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,497.2318

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 14,921 ppm lasting ≈ 2.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.123700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.830

Impact parameter (b)

0.330

RV semi-amplitude (K)

170.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,497.2318

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15000

Eq. Temperature

1,429K

(1156 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

757.13

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.093

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

De Val Borro et al. 2016

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2016-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HATS-33

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,659 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.022 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.062 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.29

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.445 dex

Stellar density

1.400 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

11.08 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.87 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
248.46 parsec
Light-years 810.37 ly
V-band magnitude
11.91 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,290,825 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.512.612.59B11.91V11.71Gaia11.25TESS12.17Sloan g11.70Sloan r11.52Sloan i10.66J10.34H10.29K10.22W110.27W210.17W38.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.996 mas

Total Proper Motion

38.490 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

-38.11 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.237 · y = -0.517 · z = -0.822

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.63369° · Dec -55.33027°

Galactic ℓ, b

342.287° · -28.576°

Ecliptic λ, β

286.475° · -33.291°

HTM-20 index

-200671610

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