TOI-561

Planetary system · 279.8 light-years away · also TYC 243-1528-1

TOI-561 is 280 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this G9 V star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-561 b goes round its star every 10.7 hours, 197 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG9 V
Surface temperature5,342 K
Mass0.806 solar masses
Radius0.843 solar radii
Luminosity0.522 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.252
Ageabout 16.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun279.8 light-years (85.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 148.1852°, Dec 6.2161°
ConstellationSextans

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-561 b10.7 hours0.0106 AU1.397 R⊕2.02 M⊕Transit, 2020
TOI-561 c10.8 days0.0889 AU2.865 R⊕5.93 M⊕Transit, 2020
TOI-561 d disputed25.7 days0.159 AU2.615 R⊕13.33 M⊕Transit, 2020
TOI-561 e disputed77.1 days0.330 AU2.517 R⊕12.4 M⊕Transit, 2020

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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