TOI-1246

Planetary system · 552.6 light-years away

TOI-1246 is 553 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this K V star; the first was found in 2022 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-1246 b goes round its star every 4.31 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK V
Surface temperature5,151 K
Mass0.87 solar masses
Radius0.86 solar radii
Luminosity0.5 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.632
Ageabout 6.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun552.6 light-years (169.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 251.1159°, Dec 70.4300°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-1246 b4.31 days0.0490 AU3.01 R⊕8.1 M⊕Transit, 2022
TOI-1246 c5.90 days0.0610 AU2.4511 R⊕9.1 M⊕Transit, 2022
TOI-1246 d18.7 days0.132 AU3.4314 R⊕5.4 M⊕Transit, 2022
TOI-1246 e37.9 days0.212 AU3.5142 R⊕14.5 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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