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Common exoplanet 19 EP

TOI-942 c

RA 76.6496° · Dec -20.2456° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
19 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Neptune-like +4
  • Found by TESS +4
Total score 19

3 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Neptune-like · +4
  • Multi-planet system · +6
  • Found by TESS · +4

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Hugging its star. It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.
  • Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 12 you'll want a small backyard telescope.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around December — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 8.7 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

diameter km
59571.454
discovery facility
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
discovery method
Transit
discovery year
2020
dist ly
497.7173
eccentricity
0.32
eq temp k
772.63
host star teff
4969
inclination
89.16
insolation
59.2488
mag
11.982
mass earth
37
name
TOI-942 c
orbital period days
10.1563
radius earth
4.67
semi major au
0.086
spect
K2.5 V
sys num planets
2
sys num stars
1

About TOI-942 c

TOI-942 c is a common exoplanet. It lies about 497.7 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 11.98, has spectral type K2.5 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 773 K.

It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 11.98, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, TOI-942 c is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why TOI-942 c is a common exoplanet

TOI-942 c scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Neptune-like, Multi-planet system and Found by TESS — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.