NGTS-11

Planetary system · 621.1 light-years away

NGTS-11 is 621 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

NGTS-11 b goes round its star every 35.5 days, 2.5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK
Surface temperature5,050 K
Mass0.862 solar masses
Radius0.832 solar radii
Luminosity0.4026 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.456
Ageabout 3.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun621.1 light-years (190.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 23.5214°, Dec -14.4191°
ConstellationCetus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-11 b35.5 days0.201 AU9.1578 R⊕109.33 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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