The LTT 9779 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 262.35 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.77 solar masses |
Radius | 0.95 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5443 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.27 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.9 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, LTT 9779 b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 29.320 Earth masses |
Density | 1.536 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.720 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.01679 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 0.792 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 | 2020-09 |
Reference | Jenkins et al. 2020 |