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Exoplanet NGTS-6 A b
Exoplanet NGTS-6 A b orbits star NGTS-6 A that lies 1002 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 422.816 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
1002 light years
1002 light years
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NGTS-6 A b
Exoplanet, gas giant, ultra-short period
Star: NGTS-6 A
Distance from the star: 0.016623018 AU
Orbit around star: 0.882058 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet NGTS-6 A b around its star is 0.882058 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: 0.0Basic characteristic
Mass: 422.816 M Earth
| 1.3304 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet NGTS-6 A b has 422.816 Earth masses (or 1.3304 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: 14.247 R Earth | 1.3 R Jupiter
Density: 806 kg/m3 | 14.62 % Earth
Year of discovery: 2019 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
TIC 1528696 b, 2MASS J05031090-3023576 b, TOI-448 b
TIC 1528696 b, 2MASS J05031090-3023576 b, TOI-448 b
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NGTS-6 system structure
Exoplanet NGTS-6 A b orbits star NGTS-6 A, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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NGTS-6 A | ||||||||
| NGTS-6 A b | 0.02 AU | 422.8 M⊕ | 14.2 R⊕ | 0.9 days | |||||
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NGTS-6 B | 1648 AU | |||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, NGTS-6 A b has 1.33 times the 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 | 7687.56 | 518.79 | 422.82 | 3843.78 | 1.33 | 4.44 | 28.96 | 24.58 |
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Size | 37.21 | 15 | 14.25 | 26.88 | 1.27 | 1.57 | 3.56 | 3.75 |
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Density | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.2 | 0.65 | 1.16 | 0.64 | 0.47 |
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Distance | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.37 - 0.54 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.