NGTS-38 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting NGTS-38.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 1,516 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 184 °C (363 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 181 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.12 × Earth
- Mass
- 1,516 × Earth
- Density
- 4.67 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 457 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 180.5 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.697 AU
Star
- Host star
- NGTS-38
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,310 K
- Radius
- 1.88 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.46 × Sun
- Age
- 2.2 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 876.2 light-years (268.6 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2026
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.