Exoplanet · gas giant
TIC 257060897 b
TIC 257060897 b is a gas giant orbiting the star TIC 257060897. Its year lasts 3.66 Earth days. It was discovered in 2021 by the Transit method.
| Host star | TIC 257060897 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,649 light-years (505.7 pc) |
| Orbital period | 3.66 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.0492 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.039 |
| Radius | 17.3 R⊕ · 1.54 R♃ |
| Mass | 202 M⊕ · 0.634 M♃ |
| Density | 0.215 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 0.676 × Earth |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,775 K (1,502 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 1,800 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2021 |
| Discovered by | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 1,800 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 20° across: 37 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.90. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 17° S. North of latitude 17° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 377. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 29 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.