Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

TrES-5 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TrES-5, located approximately 1,175.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.38 Earth radii
  • A mass of 568.92 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.18 g
  • An orbital period of 1.482 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0246 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,480 K (1207 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,175.18 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.097
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,724,342 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

TrES-5 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.38 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.194 R♃
Mass
568.92 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.790 M♃
Density
1.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.097
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011
Method Transit
Facility TrES
Telescope 0.10 m Schmidt Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#783of 1771

top 44.2%

This planet

13.38R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TrES-5 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00568.92317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00442.990.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 568.916 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 233948455

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2188601779406152448

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2188601779406152448

System

TrES-5

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.384 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 568.916 M⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.48 d · percentile 3 / cohort 1533
Distance 360.31 pc · percentile 66 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.097 · percentile 25 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.482 days
Semi-major axis
0.0246 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.27 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.48 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0246 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.192 %

Duration

1.595 h

Impact parameter b

0.577

Rp / R★

0.143000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,458.5922

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 21,920 ppm lasting ≈ 1.60 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.143000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.577

RV semi-amplitude (K)

339.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,458.5922

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06820

Eq. Temperature

1,480K

(1207 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

442.99

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.097

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

Mandushev et al. 2011

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2011-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TrES-5

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,171 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.868 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.901 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.517 dex

Stellar density

1.945 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.80 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
360.31 parsec
Light-years 1,175.18 ly
V-band magnitude
13.68 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,724,342 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.216.216.20U14.41B13.68V13.46Gaia12.88TESS14.32Sloan g13.54Sloan r13.34Sloan i13.18Sloan z12.11J11.67H11.59K11.53W111.59W211.39W39.20W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.746 mas

Total Proper Motion

32.110 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

9.11 mas/yr

PM Declination

30.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.293 · y = -0.415 · z = 0.861

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 305.22195° · Dec 59.44890°

Galactic ℓ, b

94.119° · 12.742°

Ecliptic λ, β

352.529° · 72.802°

HTM-20 index

-1888435472

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