NGTS-27

Planetary system · 3072.8 light-years away

NGTS-27 is 3,073 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,700 K star; the first was found in 2024 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

NGTS-27 b goes round its star every 3.37 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,700 K
Mass1.07 solar masses
Radius1.77 solar radii
Luminosity3.264 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.523
Ageabout 7.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun3072.8 light-years (942.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 206.0265°, Dec -32.5230°
ConstellationCentaurus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-27 b3.37 days0.0446 AU15.648 R⊕188.47 M⊕Transit, 2024

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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