TOI-942 is 498 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this K2.5 V star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).
Fly there in 3DTOI-942 b goes round its star every 4.32 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | K2.5 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,969 K |
| Mass | 0.822 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.894 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.438 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.982 |
| Age | about 0.053 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 497.7 light-years (152.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 76.6496°, Dec -20.2456° |
| Constellation | Lepus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOI-942 b | 4.32 days | 0.0487 AU | 3.89 R⊕ | 826.36 M⊕ | Transit, 2020 |
| TOI-942 c | 10.2 days | 0.0860 AU | 4.67 R⊕ | 37 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 4,969 K, 0.44 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.66 to 1.19 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 498 years ago, around 1530.