TOI-2421

Planetary system · 1069.6 light-years away · also TYC 7009-1148-1

TOI-2421 is 1,070 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,607 K star; the first was found in 2022 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-2421 b goes round its star every 4.35 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,607 K
Mass1.131 solar masses
Radius1.75 solar radii
Luminosity2.729 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.419
Ageabout 7.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun1069.6 light-years (327.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 33.1540°, Dec -35.3909°
ConstellationFornax

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-2421 b4.35 days0.0543 AU10.368 R⊕105.84 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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