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NGTS-38 b

Host star NGTS-38 • 12.12 R⊕ • 180.5 d orbit

Records

1

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

12.12 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

1516.0 M⊕

median non-null value

NGTS-38

457 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-38

Discovery

Transit

Year

2026

Period

180.5 day

Radius

12.12 Rearth

Mass

1516.0 Mearth

Eq. Temp

457 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 12.12 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

NGTS-38 b

12.12 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

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
2026TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope180.5 day12.12 Rearth1516.0 Mearth457 KRodel et al. 2026