TOI-2981

Planetary system · 1721.4 light-years away

TOI-2981 is 1,721 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,940 K star; the first was found in 2024 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-2981 b goes round its star every 3.60 days, 24 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,940 K
Mass1.03 solar masses
Radius1.08 solar radii
Luminosity1.306 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.361
Ageabout 4.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun1721.4 light-years (527.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 163.4874°, Dec -25.5246°
ConstellationHydra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-2981 b3.60 days0.0480 AU13.4 R⊕638 M⊕Transit, 2024

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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