NGTS-15

Planetary system · 2565.2 light-years away

NGTS-15 is 2,565 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G6 V star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).

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Worth knowing

NGTS-15 b goes round its star every 3.28 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG6 V
Surface temperature5,600 K
Mass0.995 solar masses
Radius0.954 solar radii
Luminosity0.8209 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.669
Ageabout 3.28 billion years
Distance from the Sun2565.2 light-years (786.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 73.3553°, Dec -32.8003°
ConstellationCaelum

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-15 b3.28 days0.0441 AU12.33 R⊕238.69 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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