Exoplanet · gas giant
NGC 2682 Sand 1429 b
NGC 2682 Sand 1429 b is a gas giant orbiting the star NGC 2682 Sand 1429. Its year lasts 77.5 Earth days. It was discovered in 2024 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | NGC 2682 Sand 1429 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 2,781 light-years (852.8 pc) |
| Orbital period | 77.5 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.384 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.000 |
| Radius | 13.4 R⊕ · 1.2 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 572 M⊕ · 1.8 M♃ |
| Density | 1.31 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 683 K (410 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 37.3 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2024 |
| Discovered by | Multiple Observatories |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 37.3 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 3° across: 5.5 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.06. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 78° S. North of latitude 78° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around 756 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 49 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.