Exoplanet · gas giant
NGTS-16 b
NGTS-16 b is a gas giant orbiting the star NGTS-16. Its year lasts 4.85 Earth days. It was discovered in 2021 by the Transit method.
| Host star | NGTS-16 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 2,929 light-years (898.2 pc) |
| Orbital period | 4.85 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.0523 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.000 |
| Radius | 14.6 R⊕ · 1.3 R♃ |
| Mass | 212 M⊕ · 0.667 M♃ |
| Density | 0.38 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 0.998 × Earth |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,177 K (904 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 480 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2021 |
| Discovered by | Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 480 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 12° across: 23 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.53. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 59° N. South of latitude 59° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around 904 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 52 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.