TOI-260 is 65.8 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K8 V star; the first was found in 2024 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).
Fly there in 3DTOI-260 b goes round its star every 13.5 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | K8 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,026 K |
| Mass | 0.616 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.607 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.0873 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 9.9 |
| Age | about 15.9 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 65.8 light-years (20.2 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 4.7730°, Dec -9.9662° |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOI-260 b | 13.5 days | 0.0943 AU | 1.71 R⊕ | 4.23 M⊕ | Transit, 2024 |
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 4,026 K, 0.087 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.30 to 0.57 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 66 years ago, within living memory.