TOI-2406

Planetary system · 180.8 light-years away · also LP 645-50

TOI-2406 is 181 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M4 V star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-2406 b goes round its star every 3.08 days, 29 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM4 V
Surface temperature3,100 K
Mass0.166 solar masses
Radius0.204 solar radii
Luminosity0.00345 times the Sun
Distance from the Sun180.8 light-years (55.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 8.8061°, Dec -3.3721°
ConstellationCetus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-2406 b3.08 days0.0227 AU2.86 R⊕15.6 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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