NGTS-16 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting NGTS-16.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 212 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 904 °C (1,659 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 480 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.57 × Earth
- Mass
- 212 × Earth
- Density
- 0.38 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,177 K
- Starlight received
- 480 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 4.845 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0523 AU
Star
- Host star
- NGTS-16
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,550 K
- Radius
- 1.213 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.002 × Sun
- Age
- 10.29 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,929 light-years (898.2 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2021
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.