TOI-431

Planetary system · 106.2 light-years away · also HIP 26013

TOI-431 is 106 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 4,850 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-431 b goes round its star every 11.8 hours, 180 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,850 K
Mass0.78 solar masses
Radius0.731 solar radii
Luminosity0.2722 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.12
Distance from the Sun106.2 light-years (32.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 83.2693°, Dec -26.7239°
ConstellationLepus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-431 b11.8 hours0.0113 AU1.28 R⊕3.07 M⊕Transit, 2021
TOI-431 c4.85 days0.0520 AU1.49 R⊕ estimated2.83 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2021
TOI-431 d12.5 days0.0980 AU3.29 R⊕9.9 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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