The star
The star
TOI-500
- Type
- K6 V
- Surface
- ≈ 4,440 K
- Size
- 0.68 × the Sun
- Mass
- 0.74 × the Sun
- Brightness
- 0.2 × the Sun
- Habitable zone
- 0.358–0.887 AU
The planets
TOI-500
TOI-500 b
- Year
- 0.55 days
- Distance from star
- 0.0119 AU
- Mass
- 1.4 Earths
- Size
- 1.2 × Earth
- Temperature
- ≈ 1617 K (+1344 °C)
- Found
- 2022, transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS))
TOI-500
TOI-500 c
- Year
- 6.64 days
- Distance from star
- 0.0625 AU
- Mass
- at least 5 Earths
- Size
- 2.1 × Earth
- Found
- 2022, radial velocity (La Silla Observatory)
TOI-500
TOI-500 d
- Year
- 26.23 days
- Distance from star
- 0.156 AU
- Mass
- at least 33 Earths
- Size
- 6.3 × Earth
- Found
- 2022, radial velocity (La Silla Observatory)
TOI-500
TOI-500 e
- Year
- 61.30 days
- Distance from star
- 0.275 AU
- Mass
- at least 15 Earths
- Size
- 4 × Earth
- Found
- 2022, radial velocity (La Silla Observatory)
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 wobble
The planet tugs its star back and forth. Spectrographs measure the tiny shift in the star's light, which gives the planet's year and a minimum mass.
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.