Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2004

OGLE-TR-111 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange OGLE-TR-111, located approximately 3,484.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.42 Earth radii
  • A mass of 174.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.34 g
  • An orbital period of 4.014 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0473 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,019 K (746 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,484.42 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.139
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 61,447,786 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

OGLE-TR-111 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.42 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.019 R♃
Mass
174.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.550 M♃
Density
0.65 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.139
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2004
Method Transit
Facility OGLE
Telescope 1.3 m Warsaw University Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1602of 1771

top 90.4%

This planet

11.42R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-TR-111 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.4211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00174.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.651.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 174.799 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 465390152

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5242089296564780416

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5242089296564780416

System

OGLE-TR-111

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.422 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1771
Mass 174.799 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.01 d · percentile 29 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,068.33 pc · percentile 87 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.139 · percentile 35 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.014 days
Semi-major axis
0.0473 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.01 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0473 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.687 %

Duration

2.680 h

Impact parameter b

0.350

Rp / R★

0.126100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,092.8072

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 16,870 ppm lasting ≈ 2.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.126100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.350

RV semi-amplitude (K)

78.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,092.8072

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04430

Eq. Temperature

1,019K

(746 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.139

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Pont et al. 2004

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2004-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-TR-111

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,040 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.830 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.820 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.536 dex

Stellar density

2.140 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

25.15 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.00 km/s

Distance
1,068.33 parsec
Light-years 3,484.42 ly
V-band magnitude
16.71 mag
Voyager-speed travel 61,447,786 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

14.117.717.66B16.71V16.53Gaia15.81TESS14.70J14.23H14.11K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.912 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.759 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.458 · y = 0.137 · z = -0.878

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 163.32412° · Dec -61.40570°

Galactic ℓ, b

289.279° · -1.706°

Ecliptic λ, β

205.960° · -59.340°

HTM-20 index

-1684054439

Observation Record

Photometric series

5

RV measurements

2

Archive notes

2

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