TOI-6420

Planetary system · 2070.2 light-years away

TOI-6420 is 2,070 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,020 K star; the first was found in 2025 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-6420 b goes round its star every 6.96 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,020 K
Mass1.165 solar masses
Radius1.312 solar radii
Luminosity2.05 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.994
Ageabout 4.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun2070.2 light-years (634.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 125.5443°, Dec -19.1243°
ConstellationPuppis

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-6420 b6.96 days0.0753 AU11.938 R⊕2606.2 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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