The NGTS-8 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1399.13 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.89 solar masses |
Radius | 0.98 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5241 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.24 decimal exponent |
Age | 12.48 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, NGTS-8 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 295.582 Earth masses |
Density | 0.890 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.218 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.035 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.01 |
Orbital Period | 2.500 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Paranal Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 20 cm Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Andor Ikon-L Camera |
Discovery Date | 2020-01 |
Reference | Costes et al. 2020 |