Rare warm mini-neptune discovered 123 light years away

02. 10. 2021

Around one of the stars in a binary system TOI-1201 was discovered new exoplanet. It orbits its star ten times closer than Mercury orbits the Sun. It's about 2.5 times bigger than Earth and more than 6 times heavier. From its calculated density scientists expect it to be a member of sub-neptune class of exoplanets.

Mission	Timing	Status
TESS	18. 4. 2018	Ongoing

Exoplanet close to a star

Summary

  New exoplanet discovered with TESS space telescope
  It's smaller than Neptune and much warmer
  Only a handful of similar exoplanet has been discovered so far

Related stars in our catalogue

	TOI-1201	123.7 ly	1 exoplanet

More information

Article at phys.org
Study:
TOI-1201 b: A mini-Neptune transiting a bright and moderately young M dwarf

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