NGTS-12 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting NGTS-12.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 66 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 984 °C (1,803 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 416 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 7.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 11.75 × Earth
- Mass
- 66.11 × Earth
- Density
- 0.223 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,257 K
- Starlight received
- 416 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 7.533 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0757 AU
Star
- Host star
- NGTS-12
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,690 K
- Radius
- 1.589 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.021 × Sun
- Age
- 9.4 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,456 light-years (446.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2020
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.