NGTS-1b
Sign in to saveNGTS-1b is a confirmed hot Jupiter-sized extrasolar planet orbiting NGTS-1, a red dwarf star about half the mass and radius of the Sun, every 2.65 days. The NGTS-1 system is about 716 light-years from Earth in the Columba constellation.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Pl
- Distance
- 710 light-years
- Coordinates
- RA 82.7144° · Dec -36.6308°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Discovery
- Characteristics
- Mass, radius and temperature
- Host star
- Orbit
- See also
- References
- External links
NGTS-1b is a confirmed hot Jupiter-sized extrasolar planet orbiting NGTS-1, a red dwarf star about half the mass and radius of the Sun, every 2.65 days. The NGTS-1 system is about 716 light-years from Earth in the Columba constellation.
==Discovery== The exoplanet, NGTS-1b, was discovered by the Next-Generation Transit Survey. Daniel Bayliss, of the University of Warwick, and lead author of the study describing the discovery of NGTS-1b, stated, "The discovery of NGTS-1b was a complete surprise to us—such massive planets were not thought to exist around such small stars—importantly, our challenge now is to find out how common these types of planets are in the Galaxy, and with the new Next-Generation Transit Survey facility we are well-placed to do just that."
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