The star
The star
TOI-216
- Type
- orange dwarf
- Surface
- ≈ 5,026 K
- Size
- 0.75 × the Sun
- Mass
- 0.77 × the Sun
- Brightness
- 0.362 × the Sun
- Habitable zone
- 0.471–1.14 AU
The planets
TOI-216
TOI-216.02
- Year
- 17.16 days
- Distance from star
- 0.129 AU
- Mass
- 19 Earths
- Size
- 8 × Earth
- Temperature
- ≈ 628 K (+355 °C)
- Found
- 2019, transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS))
TOI-216
TOI-216.01
- Year
- 34.53 days
- Distance from star
- 0.207 AU
- Mass
- 1.8e+02 Earths
- Size
- 10 × Earth
- Temperature
- ≈ 497 K (+224 °C)
- Found
- 2019, transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS))
Masses found by the wobble method are minimums, because the orbit's tilt is unknown. Temperatures are equilibrium estimates for a bare planet, before any atmosphere.
How we know
The shadow
The planet passes in front of its star and dims it by a fraction of a percent, every orbit. The dip gives the planet's size and year.
Sources
- Planet and star parameters: NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Parameters, retrieved 1 Nov 2026. 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.
- Position: HYG Database v4.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Habitable zone: a simple estimate from the star's brightness (√L × 0.95 to 1.67 AU), shown as a guide.