Skip to content

Missions Planets Black Holes 3D Map Agencies Blog About Sign in

Menu

Missions Planets Black Holes 3D Map Agencies Blog About Sign in

Acquiring mission data

Missions Planets Black Holes 3D Map Agencies Blog About apexandromeda.com

This is an independent informational project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by NASA, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos, CNSA, ISRO, CSA, or any other space agency. Agency names, logos, and other marks are used for identification where permitted by their respective usage policies.

A passion project from the team behind Apex Rental Pro.

TIC 172900988 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/TIC 172900988 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

TIC 172900988 b

Orbiting TIC 172900988 Aa

Discovered in 2021 using Transit. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

Generic gas giant catalog artwork; not a direct image of TIC 172900988 b — Generic category artwork—not a direct imageApex Andromeda catalog artwork

Discovery: 2,021
Method: Transit
Radius: 11.25 R⊕
Mass: 942 M⊕
Orbit: 200.452 days
Distance: 250.956 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 200.452 days
Semi-major axis: 0.90281 AU
Eccentricity: 0.0271
Radius: 11.25 Earth radii
Mass: 942 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 3.64 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 361.24 K
Insolation: 5.7522 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: TIC 172900988 Aa
Stars in system: 2
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: F9
Stellar temperature: 6,050 K
Stellar radius: 1.3842 R☉
Stellar mass: 1.2384 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.34 dex
Stellar age: 3.1 Gyr
Distance: 250.956 parsecs
Right ascension: 08h34m38.80s
Declination: +31d33m14.33s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2,021
Publication date: 2021-12
Discovery locale: Space
Facility: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope: 0.1 m TESS Telescope
Instrument: TESS CCD Array
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Community discussion

Comments 0

No comments yet. The airlock is open.

Sign in or create an account to comment and vote.