NGTS-17

Planetary system · 3392.9 light-years away

NGTS-17 is 3,393 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G4 V star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).

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Worth knowing

NGTS-17 b goes round its star every 3.24 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG4 V
Surface temperature5,650 K
Mass1.025 solar masses
Radius1.337 solar radii
Luminosity1.743 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.412
Ageabout 9.22 billion years
Distance from the Sun3392.9 light-years (1040.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 72.9006°, Dec -34.2262°
ConstellationCaelum

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-17 b3.24 days0.0391 AU13.899 R⊕242.82 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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