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NGTS-16

G7 V • 898.2 pc

Records

2

literature rows

Planets

1

system count

References

3

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 166806344

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Canonical Summary

Adopted host values from one source row

Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.

Stellar source: Tilbrook et al. 2021 • System source: TICv8

Temperature

5550 K

5500 to 5550

2 values • 2 distinct

Mass

1.00 Msun

0.96 to 1.00

2 values • 2 distinct

Radius

1.21 Rsun

1.21 to 1.26

2 values • 2 distinct

Age

10.29 Gyr

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Distance

898.2 pc

single adopted value

2 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

G7 V

Consistent across records

G7 V (1)

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

Scale Comparison

Radius against the Sun

Current adopted radius: 1.21 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

NGTS-16

1.21 R☉

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

NGTS-16 b

Transit

◌

Discovery

2021

Period

4.85 days

Radius

14.57 R⊕

Mass

212.0 M⊕

Eq. Temp

1177 K

NGTS-16 and Its Jupiter-Like Planet

NGTS-16 is a G7 V star, a main-sequence dwarf, located 2930 light-years away. It is 10.3 billion years old, has a mass of 1 solar masses, a radius of 1.21 solar radii, and a temperature of 5550 K. Its radius is larger than the Sun's, and its temperature is cooler than the Sun's. One planet is known to orbit this star.

That planet, NGTS-16 b, is a Jupiter-like world discovered in 2021 by the transit method, in which a planet passing in front of its star from our viewpoint causes a small dip in observed brightness. It completes an orbit every 4.85 days. NGTS-16 b has a mass of 212 Earth masses and a radius of 14.6 Earth radii, both larger than Earth's. Its mean density is 0.378 g/cm³, 0.0685 times Earth's.

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

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Evidence Summary

Rows

2

Stellar refs

2

System refs

1

Distancestable

2 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

2 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Agestable

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminositystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Metallicitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Typestable

1 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
55000.961.26—0.12—898.2TICv8TICv8
55501.001.2110.29—G7 V898.2Tilbrook et al. 2021TICv8