NGTS-23

Planetary system · 3506.0 light-years away

NGTS-23 is 3,506 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F9 V star; the first was found in 2022 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).

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Worth knowing

NGTS-23 b goes round its star every 4.08 days, 22 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF9 V
Surface temperature6,057 K
Mass1.01 solar masses
Radius1.24 solar radii
Luminosity1.92 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.126
Ageabout 6.39 billion years
Distance from the Sun3506.0 light-years (1074.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 70.4323°, Dec -40.0445°
ConstellationCaelum

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-23 b4.08 days0.0504 AU14.202 R⊕194.83 M⊕Transit, 2022

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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