TOI-4940

Planetary system · 1127.4 light-years away

TOI-4940 is 1,127 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G8 V star; the first was found in 2025 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-4940 b goes round its star every 25.9 days, 3 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG8 V
Surface temperature5,504 K
Mass1.012 solar masses
Radius1.163 solar radii
Luminosity1.116 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.448
Ageabout 9.8 billion years
Distance from the Sun1127.4 light-years (345.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 58.2512°, Dec -62.4080°
ConstellationReticulum

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-4940 b25.9 days0.165 AU6.61 R⊕89 M⊕Transit, 2025

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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