Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2004

OGLE-TR-113 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange OGLE-TR-113, located approximately 1,847.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 400.45 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.67 g
  • An orbital period of 1.432 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0229 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,342 K (1069 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,847.54 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.110
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,581,366 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

OGLE-TR-113 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.093 R♃
Mass
400.45 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.260 M♃
Density
1.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.67 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.110
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

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

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1396of 1771

top 78.8%

This planet

12.25R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-TR-113 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00400.45317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.672.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00528.410.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 400.449 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 915110182

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5242077854771196544

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5242077854771196544

System

OGLE-TR-113

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.251 R⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1771
Mass 400.449 M⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.43 d · percentile 3 / cohort 1533
Distance 566.46 pc · percentile 78 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.110 · percentile 29 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.432 days
Semi-major axis
0.0229 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.43 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0229 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.103 %

Duration

2.072 h

Impact parameter b

0.400

Rp / R★

0.144360

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,819.7385

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 21,030 ppm lasting ≈ 2.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.144360

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.440

Impact parameter (b)

0.400

RV semi-amplitude (K)

294.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,819.7385

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04040

Eq. Temperature

1,342K

(1069 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

528.41

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.110

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — 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

Bouchy et al. 2004

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2004-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-TR-113

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,790 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.774 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.779 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.552 dex

Stellar density

2.365 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-7.94 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

9.00 km/s

Distance
566.46 parsec
Light-years 1,847.54 ly
V-band magnitude
15.85 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,581,366 yr

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.738 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.912 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

9.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.457 · y = 0.139 · z = -0.878

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 163.10104° · Dec -61.44686°

Galactic ℓ, b

289.201° · -1.790°

Ecliptic λ, β

205.881° · -59.447°

HTM-20 index

-1714500069

Observation Record

Photometric series

6

RV measurements

3

Archive notes

1

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