Gaia-2

Planetary system · 682.4 light-years away · also TYC 4123-00515-1

Gaia-2 is 682 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,720 K star; the first was found in 2022 by transit (European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia Satellite).

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Worth knowing

Gaia-2 b goes round its star every 3.69 days, 24 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,720 K
Mass1 solar masses
Radius1.064 solar radii
Luminosity1.141 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.277
Distance from the Sun682.4 light-years (209.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 110.7353°, Dec 67.2527°
ConstellationCamelopardalis

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Gaia-2 b3.69 days0.0467 AU14.818 R⊕259.67 M⊕Transit, 2022

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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