Exoplanet · mini-Neptune
TOI-500 e
TOI-500 e is a mini-Neptune orbiting the star TOI-500. Its year lasts 61.3 Earth days. It was discovered in 2022 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | TOI-500 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 154.6 light-years (47.4 pc) |
| Orbital period | 61.3 days |
| Eccentricity | 0.073 |
| Radius | 3.99 R⊕ · 0.356 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 15.1 M⊕ · 0.0474 M♃ |
| Density | 1.3 g/cm³ |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2022 |
| Discovered by | La Silla Observatory |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.54. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 42° N. South of latitude 42° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1871. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.7 million years.
Planets in the same system
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.