Temperature
4987 K
4965.7 to 5013
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Stellar HostProfile
NGTS-5
K2 V • 306.8 pc
Records
4
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
5
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 368739874
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: Eigmüller et al. 2019 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.66 Msun
0.66 to 0.83
Radius
0.74 Rsun
0.74 to 0.75
Distance
306.8 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
K2 V
Consistent across records
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.74 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
NGTS-5
0.74 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
NGTS-5 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2019
Period
3.36 days
Radius
12.73 R⊕
Mass
72.78 M⊕
Eq. Temp
952 K
NGTS-5 and Its Jupiter-Like Planet
NGTS-5 is a K-type main-sequence star located 1000 light-years away. It has a mass of 0.661 solar masses and a radius of 0.739 solar radii, making it both less massive and smaller than the Sun. Its temperature is 4990 K, cooler than the Sun's. One planet orbits this star.
That planet is NGTS-5 b, a Jupiter-like world discovered in 2019 by the transit method, in which a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint and causes a small dip in observed brightness. Its orbital period is 3.36 days, and its radius is 12.7 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. Its mass is 72.8 Earth masses, also larger than Earth's. Its mean density is 0.194 g/cm³, 0.0353 times Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
4
Stellar refs
4
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitystable
Spectral Typestable