Artist impression. No real image of Teegarden's Star b exists yet.
exoplanet · 12.5 light years from Earth
Teegarden's Star b
One of the most Earth-like known planets by mass and starlight, circling a faint red dwarf.
- Type
- Exoplanet
- Orbits
- Teegarden's Star
- Distance
- 12.5 light years
- Diameter
- about 13,000 km (estimated)
- Constellation
- Aries
- Discovered
- 2019
- Rotation
- Tidally locked: one side always faces its star
About Teegarden's Star b
- Found in 2019 by the CARMENES survey.
- A year there lasts under five days.
- Teegarden's Star is so faint that it was only discovered in 2003, despite being one of our nearest neighbours.
Visit Teegarden's Star b in VR
In IKAREE, Teegarden's Star b is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Teegarden's Star b. Warp seven. Engage.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Teegarden's Star b. Warp seven. Engaging.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Teegarden's Star b.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
