NGTS-2 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting NGTS-2.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 18 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 235 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,195 °C (2,183 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 17.88 × Earth
- Mass
- 235.2 × Earth
- Density
- 0.226 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,468 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.511 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.063 AU
Star
- Host star
- NGTS-2
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,478 K
- Radius
- 1.702 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.64 × Sun
- Age
- 2.17 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,162 light-years (356.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2018
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.