TOI-270

Planetary system · 73.3 light-years away

TOI-270 is 73.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this M3 V star; the first was found in 2019 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-270 b goes round its star every 3.36 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM3 V
Surface temperature3,506 K
Mass0.386 solar masses
Radius0.38 solar radii
Luminosity0.0194 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.603
Distance from the Sun73.3 light-years (22.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 68.4161°, Dec -51.9574°
ConstellationPictor

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-270 b3.36 days0.0320 AU1.28 R⊕1.48 M⊕Transit, 2019
TOI-270 c5.66 days0.0453 AU2.33 R⊕6.2 M⊕Transit, 2019
TOI-270 d11.4 days0.0721 AU2 R⊕4.2 M⊕Transit, 2019

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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