LTT 1445 A

Planetary system · 22.4 light-years away · also HIP 14101

LTT 1445 A is 22.4 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M3.0 star; the first was found in 2019 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

LTT 1445 A c goes round its star every 3.12 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

LTT 1445 A is one of 3 stars in its system: the others are drawn where the Washington Double Star Catalog measures them on the sky.

The star

Spectral typeM3.0
Surface temperature3,562 K
Mass0.257 solar masses
Radius0.271 solar radii
Luminosity0.008997 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.59
Distance from the Sun22.4 light-years (6.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 45.4625°, Dec -16.5945°
ConstellationEridanus

The other stars

LTT 1445 C has no spectral type listed of magnitude 12.6, judged a true companion. In 2022 it was 1.3″ from LTT 1445 A, at position angle 318° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 03019-1633 RST2292 AC): 8.9 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger. Its colour is estimated from its brightness.

LTT 1445 B is a M3.5V star of magnitude 11.8, judged a true companion. In 2019 it was 8″ from LTT 1445 A, at position angle 314° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 03019-1633 RST2292 AB): 55.0 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
LTT 1445 A c3.12 days0.0266 AU1.147 R⊕1.54 M⊕Transit, 2022
LTT 1445 A b5.36 days0.0381 AU1.34 R⊕2.73 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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