The NGTS-6 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1005.42 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.77 solar masses |
Radius | 0.75 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4730 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.11 decimal exponent |
Age | 9.77 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, NGTS-6 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 425.574 Earth masses |
Density | 0.711 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.863 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.01677 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 0.882 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Paranal Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 20 cm Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Andor Ikon-L Camera |
Discovery Date | 2019-11 |
Reference | Vines et al. 2019 |