NGTS-18 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting NGTS-18.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 14 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 130 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,108 °C (2,026 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 845 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.1 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.56 × Earth
- Mass
- 130 × Earth
- Density
- 0.28 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,381 K
- Starlight received
- 845 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 3.051 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0448 AU
Star
- Host star
- NGTS-18
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,610 K
- Radius
- 1.392 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.003 × Sun
- Age
- 10.84 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 3,575 light-years (1,096 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.