TOI-700

Planetary system · 101.5 light-years away

TOI-700 is 102 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this M2.5 V star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-700 b goes round its star every 9.98 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM2.5 V
Surface temperature3,459 K
Mass0.417 solar masses
Radius0.4104 solar radii
Luminosity0.0233 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.151
Ageabout 1.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun101.5 light-years (31.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 97.0957°, Dec -65.5786°
ConstellationDorado

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-700 b9.98 days0.0678 AU0.963 R⊕0.849 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2020
TOI-700 c16.1 days0.0931 AU2.535 R⊕6.96 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2020
TOI-700 e27.8 days0.134 AU0.919 R⊕0.718 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
TOI-700 d37.4 days0.164 AU1.145 R⊕1.58 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 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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