NGTS-31

Planetary system · 1622.2 light-years away

NGTS-31 is 1,622 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,710 K star; the first was found in 2025 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

NGTS-31 b goes round its star every 4.16 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,710 K
Mass0.96 solar masses
Radius1.7 solar radii
Luminosity2.773 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.519
Ageabout 9.97 billion years
Distance from the Sun1622.2 light-years (497.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 80.4213°, Dec -38.6568°
ConstellationColumba

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-31 b4.16 days0.0640 AU18.046 R⊕355.97 M⊕Transit, 2025

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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