LP 791-18

Planetary system · 86.4 light-years away

LP 791-18 is 86.4 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this M(6.1 +/- 0.7) V star; the first was found in 2019 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

LP 791-18 b goes round its star every 22.8 hours, 93 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM(6.1 +/- 0.7) V
Surface temperature2,960 K
Mass0.139 solar masses
Radius0.182 solar radii
Luminosity0.0023 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.91
Ageabout 0.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun86.4 light-years (26.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 165.6905°, Dec -16.4064°
ConstellationCrater

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
LP 791-18 b22.8 hours0.0098 AU1.212 R⊕1.94 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2019
LP 791-18 d2.75 days0.0199 AU1.032 R⊕0.91 M⊕Transit, 2023
LP 791-18 c4.99 days0.0296 AU2.488 R⊕7.16 M⊕Transit, 2019

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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