TOI-1278 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting TOI-1278.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 5,880 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 14 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.22 × Earth
- Mass
- 5,880 × Earth
- Density
- 18 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 14.48 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.095 AU
Star
- Host star
- TOI-1278
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,799 K
- Radius
- 0.573 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.54 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 246.5 light-years (75.58 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2021
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.