NGTS-24

Planetary system · 2227.9 light-years away

NGTS-24 is 2,228 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G2 IV star; the first was found in 2022 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).

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Worth knowing

NGTS-24 b goes round its star every 3.47 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG2 IV
Surface temperature5,820 K
Mass1.26 solar masses
Radius1.64 solar radii
Luminosity2.792 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.214
Ageabout 4.77 billion years
Distance from the Sun2227.9 light-years (683.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 168.5639°, Dec -37.9101°
ConstellationCentaurus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-24 b3.47 days0.0479 AU13.608 R⊕165.27 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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