Exoplanet · mini-Neptune
TIC 270471727 b
TIC 270471727 b is a mini-Neptune orbiting the star TIC 270471727. Its year lasts 10.5 Earth days. It was discovered in 2026 by the Transit method.
| Host star | TIC 270471727 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 594.0 light-years (182.1 pc) |
| Orbital period | 10.5 days |
| Radius | 2.75 R⊕ · 0.245 R♃ |
| Mass | 8 M⊕ · 0.0252 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 2.11 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,147 K (874 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 284 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2026 |
| Discovered by | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 284 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.95. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 12° N. South of latitude 12° S it never sets.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1432. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.