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Star with 4 known planets

TOI-500

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TOI-500, a K6 V star, has 4 confirmed planets.

Measured

Distance
about 155 light-years
Star's spectral type
K6 V
Confirmed planets
4

How far, from the Sun

About 155 light-years. To cross it:

  • Light155 years
  • Voyager 1's speed2.75 million years
  • Driving at 100 km/h1.67 billion years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

How it was found

  • First planet found in 2022, by transit and radial velocity (NASA Exoplanet Archive).

Its planets

  • TOI-500 b — 1.2 times Earth's width, about Earth-sized — probably rocky; its year lasts 13 hours; about 1,300 °C, hot enough to melt rock; found in 2022 by transit.
  • TOI-500 c — 2.1 times Earth's width (estimated from its mass, not measured), a 'sub-Neptune' — bigger than Earth, smaller than Neptune; its year lasts 7 days; found in 2022 by radial velocity.
  • TOI-500 d — 6.4 times Earth's width (estimated from its mass, not measured), Neptune-sized; its year lasts 26 days; found in 2022 by radial velocity.
  • TOI-500 e — 4 times Earth's width (estimated from its mass, not measured), a 'sub-Neptune' — bigger than Earth, smaller than Neptune; its year lasts 61 days; found in 2022 by radial velocity.

The NASA Exoplanet Archive's page

Where this comes from

  • NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (fetched 2026-11-02). Composite values: where a planet's size or mass was not measured, the archive estimates it from the other.
  • This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with NASA under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.