TOI-2587 A

Planetary system · 1218.8 light-years away

TOI-2587 A is 1,219 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,760 K star; the first was found in 2023 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-2587 A b goes round its star every 5.46 days, 16 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

TOI-2587 A is one of 2 stars in its system: the other is drawn where the Washington Double Star Catalog measures it on the sky.

The star

Surface temperature5,760 K
Mass1.15 solar masses
Radius1.726 solar radii
Luminosity2.96 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.544
Ageabout 6.7 billion years
Distance from the Sun1218.8 light-years (373.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 115.9317°, Dec -1.0733°
ConstellationMonoceros

The other star

TOI-2587 B has no spectral type listed of magnitude 14, judged a true companion. In 2016 it was 8.9″ from TOI-2587 A, at position angle 112° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 07437-0104 KPP1136): 3,326 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger. Its colour is estimated from its brightness.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-2587 A b5.46 days0.0635 AU12.072 R⊕69.287 M⊕Transit, 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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