L 168-9 is 82.0 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M0.5 V star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).
Fly there in 3DL 168-9 b goes round its star every 33.6 hours, 63 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | M0.5 V |
| Surface temperature | 3,842 K |
| Mass | 0.614 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.604 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.0723 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.005 |
| Distance from the Sun | 82.0 light-years (25.1 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 350.0286°, Dec -60.0657° |
| Constellation | Tucana |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L 168-9 b | 33.6 hours | 0.0208 AU | 1.63 R⊕ | 4.07 M⊕ | Transit, 2020 |
Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.
For a star of 3,842 K, 0.072 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.28 to 0.53 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.
The light you see left 82 years ago, within living memory.