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NGTS-16 b

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

Records

1

archive rows

Discovery

2021

Transit

Radius

14.57 R⊕

default parameter set

Mass

212.0 M⊕

default parameter set

NGTS-16

1177 K equilibrium

Canonical Summary

Adopted planet values from the default parameter set

Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.

Selected source: Tilbrook et al. 2021

Host Star

NGTS-16

Stable across source rows

NGTS-16

Discovery Method

Transit

Consistent across records

Transit (1)

Discovery Year

2021

Stable across source rows

2021

Orbital Period

4.85 day

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Semi-Major Axis

0.05 au

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Radius

14.57 Rearth

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Mass

212.0 Mearth

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Density

0.38 g/cm**3

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Equilibrium Temperature

1177 K

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

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

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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