TOI-942

Planetary system · 497.7 light-years away · also TYC 5909-319-1

TOI-942 is 498 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this K2.5 V star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

TOI-942 b goes round its star every 4.32 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK2.5 V
Surface temperature4,969 K
Mass0.822 solar masses
Radius0.894 solar radii
Luminosity0.438 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.982
Ageabout 0.053 billion years
Distance from the Sun497.7 light-years (152.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 76.6496°, Dec -20.2456°
ConstellationLepus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TOI-942 b4.32 days0.0487 AU3.89 R⊕826.36 M⊕Transit, 2020
TOI-942 c10.2 days0.0860 AU4.67 R⊕37 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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