LTT 9779

Planetary system · 262.4 light-years away · also HIP 117883

LTT 9779 is 262 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G7 V star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

LTT 9779 b goes round its star every 19.0 hours, 111 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG7 V
Surface temperature5,443 K
Mass1.02 solar masses
Radius0.949 solar radii
Luminosity0.68 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.79
Ageabout 2 billion years
Distance from the Sun262.4 light-years (80.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 358.6689°, Dec -37.6282°
ConstellationSculptor

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
LTT 9779 b19.0 hours0.0168 AU4.72 R⊕29.32 M⊕Transit, 2020

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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