TOI-1478

Planetary system · 498.7 light-years away · also TYC 5440-1407-1

TOI-1478 is 499 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,597 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-1478 b goes round its star every 10.2 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,597 K
Mass0.947 solar masses
Radius1.048 solar radii
Luminosity0.971 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.723
Ageabout 9.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun498.7 light-years (152.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 126.4337°, Dec -13.5595°
ConstellationPuppis

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-1478 b10.2 days0.0818 AU11.994 R⊕279.69 M⊕Transit, 2021

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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