LHS 1815 b


LHS 1815 b is a thick disk exoplanet discovered in 2020 by TESS. The planet is located outside the galactic plane.

Characteristics

LHS 1815 b is a terrestrial planet with a mass of 0.0132 and a radius of 0.09707, discovered by TESS in 2020. It is the first known example of a "thick-disk planet" located within the galactic thick disk, a structure much higher than the positions of other planetary systems discovered by TESS."

Orbit

The orbital period is 3.81433 days and the semimajor axis is 0.0404 au.

Other designations

LHS 1815 b is also known as TOI-704 b and TIC 260004324 b.