Exoplanet · gas giant
TAP 26 b
TAP 26 b is a gas giant orbiting the star TAP 26. Its year lasts 10.8 Earth days. It was discovered in 2017 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | TAP 26 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 396.0 light-years (121.4 pc) |
| Orbital period | 10.8 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.0968 AU |
| Radius | 13.5 R⊕ · 1.2 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 528 M⊕ · 1.66 M♃ |
| Density | 1.18 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 775 K (501 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 60 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2017 |
| Discovered by | Multiple Facilities |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 60 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 6.4° across: 12 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.50. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 73° S. North of latitude 73° N 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 the year 1630. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.0 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.