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NGTS-1b
Hot Jupiter exoplanet in the constellation Columba / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[4] The NGTS-1 system is about 716 light-years from Earth in the Columba constellation.[3][1][5]
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![]() artist's concept of exoplanet NGTS-1b | |
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Next-Generation Transit Survey[1] |
Discovery date | 2017 |
NGTS telescopes together with EulerCam photometric and HARPS spectroscopy followups. | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.0326 AU (4,880,000 km)[2] | |
Eccentricity | 0.016[2] |
2.6473 JD[2] d | |
Inclination | 82.8[2] |
Star | NGTS-1[3] |
Physical characteristics | |
1.33[2] RJ | |
Mass | 0.812[2] MJ |
Temperature | 790.0[2] K |
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