NGTS-3 A

Planetary system · 2426.5 light-years away

NGTS-3 A is 2,427 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G6 V star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).

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NGTS-3 A b goes round its star every 40.2 hours, 53 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

NGTS-3 A is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only NGTS-3 A and its planets are drawn.

The star

Spectral typeG6 V
Surface temperature5,600 K
Mass1.017 solar masses
Radius0.93 solar radii
Luminosity0.7178 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.669
Distance from the Sun2426.5 light-years (744.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 94.4448°, Dec -35.7064°
ConstellationColumba

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-3 A b40.2 hours0.0230 AU16.589 R⊕756.44 M⊕Transit, 2018

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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