Exoplanet · Neptune-like planet
TOI-5238 b
TOI-5238 b is a Neptune-like planet orbiting the star TOI-5238. Its year lasts 4.87 Earth days. It was discovered in 2022 by the Transit method.
| Host star | TOI-5238 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 948.0 light-years (290.6 pc) |
| Orbital period | 4.87 days |
| Radius | 5.22 R⊕ · 0.466 R♃ |
| Mass | 23.7 M⊕ · 0.0746 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 0.916 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,042 K (769 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 196 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2022 |
| Discovered by | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 196 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 11.66. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 21° S. North of latitude 21° 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 1078. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 17 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.