TOI-257

Planetary system · 250.8 light-years away · also HD 19916

TOI-257 is 251 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,095 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-257 b goes round its star every 18.4 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,095 K
Mass1.407 solar masses
Radius1.867 solar radii
Luminosity4.33 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude7.57
Distance from the Sun250.8 light-years (76.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 47.5173°, Dec -50.8323°
ConstellationHorologium

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-257 b18.4 days0.153 AU7.1625 R⊕43.86 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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