The LHS 1478 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 59.45 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.24 solar masses |
Radius | 0.25 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3381 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.13 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At 2.331 Earth masses, LHS 1478 b is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 2.330 Earth masses |
Density | 6.670 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.242 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.01848 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | 1.950 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Discovery Telescope | 0.1 m TESS Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | TESS CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2021-05 |
Reference | Soto et al. 2021 |