TOI-2096

Planetary system · 158.1 light-years away

TOI-2096 is 158 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M4 star; the first was found in 2023 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-2096 b goes round its star every 3.12 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM4
Surface temperature3,300 K
Mass0.231 solar masses
Radius0.235 solar radii
Luminosity0.00592 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.92
Ageabout 4 billion years
Distance from the Sun158.1 light-years (48.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 151.6187°, Dec 74.8272°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-2096 b3.12 days0.0250 AU1.243 R⊕2.08 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
TOI-2096 c6.39 days0.0400 AU1.914 R⊕4.32 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023

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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