NGTS-5

Planetary system · 1000.6 light-years away

NGTS-5 is 1,001 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K2 V star; the first was found in 2019 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).

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Worth knowing

NGTS-5 b goes round its star every 3.36 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK2 V
Surface temperature4,987 K
Mass0.661 solar masses
Radius0.739 solar radii
Luminosity0.3084 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.789
Distance from the Sun1000.6 light-years (306.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 221.0583°, Dec 5.6054°
ConstellationVirgo

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-5 b3.36 days0.0382 AU12.733 R⊕72.783 M⊕Transit, 2019

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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