NGTS-8 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting NGTS-8.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 296 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,072 °C (1,961 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 503 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.22 × Earth
- Mass
- 295.6 × Earth
- Density
- 0.89 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,345 K
- Starlight received
- 503 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 2.5 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.035 AU
Star
- Host star
- NGTS-8
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,241 K
- Radius
- 0.98 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.89 × Sun
- Age
- 12.48 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,399 light-years (429 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.