TOI-163 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting TOI-163.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 17 times Earth's width.
Mass
About 388 times Earth's mass.
Temperature
About 1,396 °C (2,545 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Year
A year here lasts about 4.2 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
16.69 × Earth
Mass
387.8 × Earth
Density
0.49 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature
1,669 K
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
4.231 days
Average distance from its star
0.058 AU

Star

Host star
TOI-163
Spectral class
F — yellow-white
Surface temperature
6,495 K
Radius
1.648 × Sun
Mass
1.435 × Sun
Age
1.823 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
1,343 light-years (411.7 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
1

Discovery

Year
2019
Method
Transit
Facility
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

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