TOI-762 A

Planetary system · 321.1 light-years away

TOI-762 A is 321 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 3,266 K star; the first was found in 2024 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-762 A b goes round its star every 3.47 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

TOI-762 A is one of 2 stars in its system: the other is drawn where the Washington Double Star Catalog measures it on the sky.

The star

Surface temperature3,266 K
Mass0.442 solar masses
Radius0.425 solar radii
Luminosity0.0185 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16
Ageabout 9.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun321.1 light-years (98.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 166.0747°, Dec -47.8215°
ConstellationVela

The other star

TOI-762 A A has no spectral type listed of magnitude 18.2, moving through space with it. In 2016 it was 3.2″ from TOI-762 A, at position angle 240° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 11043-4749 TOI 762): 315 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger. Its colour is estimated from its brightness.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-762 A b3.47 days0.0342 AU8.3395 R⊕79.775 M⊕Transit, 2024

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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