Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

NGTS-10 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange NGTS-10, located approximately 1,059.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.51 Earth radii
  • A mass of 687.15 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.77 g
  • An orbital period of 0.767 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0143 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,332 K (1059 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,059.02 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.110
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,675,889 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

NGTS-10 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.51 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.205 R♃
Mass
687.15 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.162 M♃
Density
1.43 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.77 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.110
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)
Telescope 20 cm NGTS telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#669of 1771

top 37.7%

This planet

13.51R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth NGTS-10 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00687.15317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.431.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.772.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 687.148 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 37348844

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2911987212510959232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2911987212510959232

System

NGTS-10

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.507 R⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1771
Mass 687.148 M⊕ · percentile 57 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 0.77 d · percentile 0 / cohort 1533
Distance 324.70 pc · percentile 63 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.110 · percentile 29 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.767 days
Semi-major axis
0.0143 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 18.4 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0143 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

1.091 h

Impact parameter b

0.852

Rp / R★

0.176500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,518.8438

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.176500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.447

Impact parameter (b)

0.852

RV semi-amplitude (K)

594.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,518.8438

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04400

Eq. Temperature

1,332K

(1059 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.110

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Mccormac et al. 2020

Instrument

NGTS CCD array

Publication

2020-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: NGTS-10

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,600 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.697 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.696 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.595 dex

Systemic radial velocity

39.09 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.00 km/s

Rotation period

17.29 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.700

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
324.70 parsec
Light-years 1,059.02 ly
V-band magnitude
14.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,675,889 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.115.315.27B14.51V14.26Gaia13.61TESS14.78Sloan g13.98Sloan r13.64Sloan i12.39J11.88H11.73K11.62W111.64W211.78W39.09W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.080 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.847 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

9.71 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.029 · y = 0.901 · z = -0.432

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 91.87228° · Dec -25.59490°

Galactic ℓ, b

232.005° · -20.485°

Ecliptic λ, β

92.571° · -49.017°

HTM-20 index

1423137279

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