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NGTS-16 b

Host star NGTS-16 • 14.57 R⊕ • 4.85 d orbit

Records

1

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

14.57 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

212.0 M⊕

median non-null value

NGTS-16

1177 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

Fast scan of the current planet profile

This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.

Host Star

NGTS-16

Discovery

Transit

Year

2021

Period

4.85 day

Radius

14.57 Rearth

Mass

212.0 Mearth

Eq. Temp

1177 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 14.57 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

NGTS-16 b

14.57 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

1

Refs

1

Methods

1

Discoverystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Radiusstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2021TransitNext-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)20 cm NGTS telescope4.85 day14.57 Rearth212.0 Mearth1177 KTilbrook et al. 2021