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NGTS-6 b

Host star NGTS-6 • 11.63 R⊕ • 0.88 d orbit

Records

4

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

11.63 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

425.6 M⊕

median non-null value

NGTS-6

1356.1 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-6

Discovery

Transit

Year

2019

Period

0.88 day

Radius

8.39 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

1428.2 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 11.63 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

NGTS-6 b

11.63 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

4

Refs

4

Methods

1

Discoverystable

4 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

4 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

4 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2019TransitNext-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)20 cm NGTS telescope0.88 day8.39 Rearth1428.2 KExoFOP
2019TransitNext-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)20 cm NGTS telescope0.88 daySodickson & Grunblatt 2025
2019TransitNext-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)20 cm NGTS telescope0.88 dayKokori et al. 2023
2019TransitNext-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)20 cm NGTS telescope0.88 day14.86 Rearth425.6 Mearth1283.9 KVines et al. 2019