Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HATS-34 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HATS-34, located approximately 1,659.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.03 Earth radii
  • A mass of 299.08 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.16 g
  • An orbital period of 2.106 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0317 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,445 K (1172 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,659.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.078
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 29,267,374 years

HATS-34 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.03 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.430 R♃
Mass
299.08 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.941 M♃
Density
0.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.16 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.078
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

#158of 1771

top 8.9%

This planet

16.03R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HATS-34 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.0311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00299.08317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.162.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00691.840.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 299.078 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 355703913

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4904523077718046720

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4904523077718046720

System

HATS-34

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.029 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1771
Mass 299.078 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.11 d · percentile 7 / cohort 1533
Distance 508.84 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.078 · percentile 17 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.106 days
Semi-major axis
0.0317 AU
Eccentricity
0.108
Inclination
82.28 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.11 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0317 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.214 %

Duration

1.555 h

Impact parameter b

0.937

Rp / R★

0.150000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,634.8573

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 12,142 ppm lasting ≈ 1.56 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.150000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.960

Impact parameter (b)

0.937

RV semi-amplitude (K)

152.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,634.8573

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06220

Eq. Temperature

1,445K

(1172 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

691.84

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.078

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-34

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,380 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.980 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.955 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.435 dex

Stellar density

1.440 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

17.74 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.07 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
508.84 parsec
Light-years 1,659.62 ly
V-band magnitude
13.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 29,267,374 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.814.614.57B13.86V13.68Gaia13.18TESS14.18Sloan g13.65Sloan r13.46Sloan i12.51J12.14H12.10K12.05W112.10W212.60W38.80W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.936 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.701 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.89 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.91 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.462 · y = 0.006 · z = -0.887

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 0.77449° · Dec -62.46932°

Galactic ℓ, b

312.355° · -53.766°

Ecliptic λ, β

323.097° · -54.694°

HTM-20 index

-2096188992

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