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Rare exoplanet 47 EP

Teegarden's Star d

RA 43.2691° · Dec 16.8649° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
47 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Earth-sized +16
  • Nearby (<25 ly) +12
  • Orbits a red dwarf +8
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
Total score 47

3 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Nearby (<25 ly) · +12
  • Earth-sized · +16
  • Multi-planet system · +6
  • Orbits a red dwarf · +8

Trivia

What makes it special

  • Earth-sized. Genuinely comparable to Earth in size. Worlds in this narrow band are the ones every next-generation telescope is being pointed at.

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.
  • What it is made of. Its density says rock, though lighter than Earth's mix: probably less iron, or a thick shell of water and ice over the top.
  • Crowded system. One of at least 3 planets orbiting its star.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Inside our stellar backyard: every radio broadcast humanity has ever made has already swept past it.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 15.1 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around November — that's when to go looking.

Properties

density gcc
5.19
diameter km
12169.4148
discovery facility
Multiple Observatories
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2024
dist ly
12.4943
eccentricity
0.07
eq temp k
159
host star teff
3034
insolation
0.12
mag
15.13
mass earth
0.82
name
Teegarden's Star d
orbital period days
26.13
radius earth
0.954
semi major au
0.0791
spect
M7.0 V
sys num planets
3
sys num stars
1

About Teegarden's Star d

Teegarden's Star d is a rare exoplanet. It lies about 12.5 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 15.13, has spectral type M7.0 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 159 K.

Genuinely comparable to Earth in size. Worlds in this narrow band are the ones every next-generation telescope is being pointed at.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 15.13, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, Teegarden's Star d 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 Teegarden's Star d is a rare exoplanet

Teegarden's Star d scores 47 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Nearby (<25 ly), Earth-sized, Multi-planet system and Orbits a red dwarf — 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.