TOI-122 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting TOI-122.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 2.7 times Earth's width.
Temperature
About 198 °C (388 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Starlight
About 8.8 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
Year
A year here lasts about 5.1 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
2.72 × Earth
Mass
Unknown
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
471 K
Starlight received
8.8 × Earth
Orbital period
5.078 days
Average distance from its star
0.0392 AU

Star

Host star
TOI-122
Spectral class
M — red dwarf
Surface temperature
3,403 K
Radius
0.334 × Sun
Mass
0.312 × Sun
Age
2 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
202.6 light-years (62.12 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
1

Discovery

Year
2020
Method
Transit
Facility
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.