Exoplanet · gas giant
NY Vir b
NY Vir b is a gas giant orbiting the star NY Vir. Its year lasts 3,160 Earth days. It was discovered in 2011 by the Eclipse Timing Variations method.
| Host star | NY Vir |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,774 light-years (544.0 pc) |
| Orbital period | 8.65 years |
| Orbital radius | 3.3 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Radius | 13.3 R⊕ · 1.19 R♃ |
| Mass | 731 M⊕ · 2.3 M♃ |
| Density | 1.71 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 4.13 × Earth |
| Equilibrium temperature | 338 K (65 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 2.18 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Eclipse Timing Variations |
| Discovery year | 2011 |
| Discovered by | Multiple Observatories |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 2.18 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 0.024° across: 0.046 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.50. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 88° N. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 252. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 31 million years.
Planets in the same system
- NY Vir c 8,800-day orbit · 12.8 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.