About TOI-942 c
TOI-942 c is a common exoplanet. It lies about 497.7 light-years from Earth, has an equilibrium temperature near 773 K, spans roughly 4.67 Earth radii and weighs about 794.58 Earth masses.
One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.
Common exoplanet 19 EP
TOI-942 c
RA 76.6496° · Dec -20.2456° · exoplanet
Score breakdown
· 4 badgesCommon 24 pts → Uncommon
- Multi-planet system +6
- Confirmed exoplanet +5
- Neptune-like +4
- Found by TESS +4
Total score 19
5 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Confirmed exoplanet · +5
- Neptune-like · +4
- Multi-planet system · +6
- Found by TESS · +4
Trivia
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).
- Fastest probe ever. ≈ 777.1 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
- At 10% light speed. ≈ 4977 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
- Distance. 498 light-years from Earth.
Look-back time
- Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 1528.
Saying hello
- Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 995 years round-trip.
Standing on it
- A year here. A full year lasts just 10.2 Earth days.
By the numbers
- Size. About 4.7× the width of Earth.
- Volume. About 102 Earths could fit inside it.
- Mass. Roughly 795× Earth's mass — about 2.5 Jupiters.
- Your weight. You'd weigh about 36.4× your Earth weight standing here.
- Temperature. Around 499°C — hotter than a self-cleaning oven.
How we found it
- Discovery. Found by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) using the transit method.
Cosmic context
- Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.
Properties
- discovery facility
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
- discovery method
- Transit
- dist ly
- 497.7173
- eccentricity
- 0.32
- eq temp k
- 772.63
- insolation
- 59.2488
- mass earth
- 794.575
- name
- TOI-942 c
- orbital period days
- 10.1563
- radius earth
- 4.67
- sys num planets
- 2
How to see it
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 5 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.