Temperature
5980 K
5980 to 6207
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Stellar HostProfile
NGTS-20
G1 IV • 382.9 pc
Records
3
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
4
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 257527578
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: Ulmer-Moll et al. 2022 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.47 Msun
1.19 to 1.47
Radius
1.78 Rsun
1.78 to 1.82
Age
4.10 Gyr
single adopted value
Distance
382.9 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
G1 IV
Consistent across records
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.78 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
NGTS-20
1.78 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
NGTS-20 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2022
Period
54.19 days
Radius
11.99 R⊕
Mass
947.1 M⊕
Eq. Temp
688 K
NGTS-20 and Its Jupiter-Like Planet
NGTS-20 is a G1 IV star located 1250 light-years away. It hosts one known planet. The star is 4.1 billion years old, with a mass of 1.47 solar masses and a radius of 1.78 solar radii, and its temperature is 5980 K. Its reported mass and radius estimates are larger than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is hotter than the Sun's.
The planet NGTS-20 b was discovered in 2022 by the transit method. It is a Jupiter-like planet and completes an orbit in 54.2 days. Its radius is 12 Earth radii, larger than Earth's, and its mass is 947 Earth masses, roughly 2.98 times Jupiter's mass. Its mean density is 3.02 g/cm³.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Stellar refs
3
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agestable
Luminositystable
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitystable
Spectral Typestable