TOI-251

Planetary system · 324.6 light-years away · also TYC 7520-369-1

TOI-251 is 325 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,875 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-251 b goes round its star every 4.94 days, 18 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,875 K
Mass1.036 solar masses
Radius0.881 solar radii
Luminosity0.831 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.887
Ageabout 0.18 billion years
Distance from the Sun324.6 light-years (99.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 353.0621°, Dec -37.2559°
ConstellationSculptor

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-251 b4.94 days0.0574 AU2.74 R⊕317.83 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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