Exoplanet · gas giant
TIC 87422071 b
TIC 87422071 b is a gas giant orbiting the star TIC 87422071. Its year lasts 11.4 Earth days. It was discovered in 2026 by the Transit method.
| Host star | TIC 87422071 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,255 light-years (384.8 pc) |
| Orbital period | 11.4 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.106 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Radius | 10.9 R⊕ · 0.969 R♃ |
| Mass | 410 M⊕ · 1.29 M♃ |
| Density | 1.88 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 3.48 × Earth |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,110 K (837 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 141 × 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 141 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 7.5° across: 14 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.05. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 46° N. South of latitude 46° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 771. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 22 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.