NGTS-10

Planetary system · 1059.0 light-years away

NGTS-10 is 1,059 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).

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Worth knowing

NGTS-10 b goes round its star every 18.4 hours, 115 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

NGTS-10 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only NGTS-10 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Spectral typeK
Surface temperature4,567 K
Mass0.696 solar masses
Radius0.7 solar radii
Luminosity0.1751 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.506
Ageabout 10.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun1059.0 light-years (324.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 91.8723°, Dec -25.5949°
ConstellationLepus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-10 b18.4 hours0.0143 AU13.899 R⊕687.15 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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