Exoplanet · Neptune-like planet
LTT 9779 b
LTT 9779 b is a Neptune-like planet orbiting the star Uúba. Its year lasts 0.792 Earth days. It was discovered in 2020 by the Transit method.
| Host star | Uúba |
|---|---|
| Distance | 262.4 light-years (80.4 pc) |
| Orbital period | 19 hours |
| Orbital radius | 0.0168 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.000 |
| Radius | 4.72 R⊕ · 0.421 R♃ |
| Mass | 29.3 M⊕ · 0.0923 M♃ |
| Density | 1.54 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 1.32 × Earth |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,978 K (1,705 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 1,780 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2020 |
| Discovered by | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 1,780 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 29° across: 55 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.79. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 52° N. South of latitude 52° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1764. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.7 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.