NGTS-1 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting NGTS-1.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 258 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 517 °C (962 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 65 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.91 × Earth
- Mass
- 258.1 × Earth
- Density
- 0.42 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 790 K
- Starlight received
- 65.3 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 2.647 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0326 AU
Star
- Host star
- NGTS-1
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,916 K
- Radius
- 0.573 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.617 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 711.4 light-years (218.1 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2017
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.