NGTS-6 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting NGTS-6.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 426 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,011 °C (1,851 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 21 hours.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.86 × Earth
- Mass
- 425.6 × Earth
- Density
- 0.711 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,284 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 0.8821 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.01677 AU
Star
- Host star
- NGTS-6
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,730 K
- Radius
- 0.754 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.767 × Sun
- Age
- 9.77 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,005 light-years (308.3 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.