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Exoplanet TOI 2420 b
Exoplanet TOI 2420 b orbits star TOI 2420 that lies 1450 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 294.7 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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TOI 2420 b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: TOI 2420
Distance from the star: 0.0684 AU
Orbit around star: 5.842641 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet TOI 2420 b around its star is 5.842641 days.
The orbital period of an exoplanet is the time it takes to complete one full orbit around its star, usually measured in days. Most of the exoplanets discovered so far have orbital periods of less than one year...
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Eccentricity: 0.055Basic characteristic
Mass: 294.7 M Earth
| 0.9273 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet TOI 2420 b has 294.7 Earth masses (or 0.9273 Jupiter masses).
The mass of an exoplanet is one of the most important characteristics for understanding what kind of world it is — whether it’s small and rocky like Earth or large and gaseous like Jupiter. Mass provides key information about the planet’s composition, gravity, and formation history...
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Size: 15.02 R Earth | 1.3 R Jupiter
Density: 480 kg/m3 | 8.71 % Earth
Temperature: 1571.6 K | 1298.45 °C
Year of discovery: 2012 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
TIC 268532343 b
TIC 268532343 b
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TOI 2420 system structure
Exoplanet TOI 2420 b orbits star TOI 2420, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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TOI 2420 | ||||||||
| TOI 2420 b | 0.07 AU | 294.7 M⊕ | 15 R⊕ | 5.8 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, TOI 2420 b has 93 % of mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 5358.18 | 361.6 | 294.7 | 2679.09 | 0.93 | 3.1 | 20.18 | 17.13 |
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Size | 39.23 | 15.81 | 15.02 | 28.34 | 1.34 | 1.65 | 3.76 | 3.95 |
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Density | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.39 | 0.69 | 0.38 | 0.28 |
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Distance | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 3.57 | 2.13 | 5.46 | 7.56 | 9.64 | 11.82 | 20.15 | 21.83 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 1.8 - 2.6 AU
The planet orbits too close to its star and is exposed to extreme temperatures and radiation prohibiting life as we know it.