TOI-1260

Planetary system · 240.0 light-years away

TOI-1260 is 240 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this K6 V star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-1260 b goes round its star every 3.13 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK6 V
Surface temperature4,227 K
Mass0.679 solar masses
Radius0.672 solar radii
Luminosity0.129 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.922
Ageabout 6.7 billion years
Distance from the Sun240.0 light-years (73.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 157.1441°, Dec 65.8542°
ConstellationUrsa Major

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-1260 b3.13 days0.0367 AU2.41 R⊕8.56 M⊕Transit, 2021
TOI-1260 c7.49 days0.0657 AU2.76 R⊕13.2 M⊕Transit, 2021
TOI-1260 d16.6 days0.112 AU3.12 R⊕11.84 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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