NGTS-13

Planetary system · 2112.2 light-years away

NGTS-13 is 2,112 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,819 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).

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Worth knowing

NGTS-13 b goes round its star every 4.12 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,819 K
Mass1.3 solar masses
Radius1.788 solar radii
Luminosity3.29 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.744
Ageabout 4.23 billion years
Distance from the Sun2112.2 light-years (647.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 176.2402°, Dec -38.1397°
ConstellationCentaurus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-13 b4.12 days0.0549 AU12.801 R⊕1538.3 M⊕Transit, 2021

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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