NGTS-5 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting NGTS-5.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 73 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 679 °C (1,254 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.73 × Earth
- Mass
- 72.78 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 952 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.357 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0382 AU
Star
- Host star
- NGTS-5
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,987 K
- Radius
- 0.739 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.661 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,001 light-years (306.8 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2019
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.