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CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Super-Earth

LTT 3780 b

LTT 3780 b orbits the star LTT 3780, 71.7 light-years from Earth. It completes an orbit in 0.768 Earth days.

DISCOVERED 2020 · Transit

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LTT 3780 b
ORBITAL VISUALISATION
Super-EarthPlanet type

Size-based classification; composition may be uncertain.

1.33 × Earth’s radiusSize

Around 32% wider than Earth.

0.768 daysYear length

Time to complete one orbit.

71.7 light-yearsDistance

Its light travels for roughly 72 years to reach us.

2020Discovered

Transit

Overview

LTT 3780 b is one of the confirmed worlds in the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Recorded as discovered in 2020. The credited discovery facility is Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Its Transit evidence gives us a way to study a planet that is usually too faint to see directly.

Its recorded radius is 1.33 times Earth's radius. Size is useful for comparison, but it cannot establish surface conditions by itself.

The planet

The archive lists a mass or minimum-mass value of 2.46 Earth masses (Mass). Radius: 1.33 Earth radii.

Mass and radius constrain possible interiors; multiple compositions can fit a given set of measurements.

Orbit & year

A year here lasts 0.768 Earth days. Its recorded semi-major axis is 0.012 AU. One AU is roughly the Earth–Sun distance.

Eccentricity: 0. Zero describes a circular orbit; increasing values describe more elongated ellipses.

Host star

LTT 3780 · M3.5 V.

Effective temperature: 3,358 K.

Mass: 0.38 times the Sun’s mass.

Planetary system

2 confirmed planets are stored for this star.

LTT 3780 b · 0.768-day orbit

LTT 3780 c · 12.252-day orbit

Discovery

Reported discovery year: 2020. Method: Transit. Facility: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

First stored in this atlas: 04/10/2026. This is an ingestion date, not a confirmation date.

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Potential habitability

The data here does not establish habitability, liquid water, or life. An appropriate atmosphere and many other conditions would be needed.

The listed equilibrium temperature is 903 K. This is an estimated energy-balance temperature, not a measured surface temperature.

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What do we actually know?

Observed

The underlying light, motion or timing signal. Usually not a photograph of the planet.

Measured

Parameters derived from observations, with instrument and model uncertainty.

Calculated

Our light-year conversion and browsing class are calculated from archive values.

Estimated

Equilibrium temperature is an energy-balance estimate, not surface weather.

Inferred

Possible composition depends on models and may not be unique.

Unknown

Surface conditions and the presence of life are not established here.

Measured signals are interpreted through models. The archive’s composite table combines published values and may include calculated estimates. Values do not necessarily form one self-consistent solution.

Radius and mass can be estimated or inferred, orbital period comes from recurring observations, and size classification is calculated by this site. Atmospheric and surface conditions remain unknown unless established by specific observations.

Consult the archive for individual parameter references and uncertainty intervals before scientific use.

Scientific data

Radius1.325 Earth radii
Mass / minimum mass2.46 Earth masses (Mass)
Orbital period0.76838 Earth days
Semi-major axis0.01195 AU
Eccentricity0
Equilibrium temperature903 K · estimated, not surface temperature
Host star temperature3,358 K
Host star mass0.381 Solar masses
Host star radius0.38 Solar radii
Distance21.9814 parsecs
Discovery year2,020
Discovery methodTransit
Discovery facilityTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Discovery publication2020-07
Stellar spectral typeM3.5 V

Uncertainties and parameter provenance

Archive uncertainty ranges and published references, where available. A missing uncertainty does not imply an exact value.

ParameterUncertainty / source
Radius+0.057 / -0.058Bonfanti et al. 2024
Mass / minimum mass+0.19 / -0.19Bonfanti et al. 2024
Orbital period+0 / -0Bonfanti et al. 2024
Equilibrium temperature+26 / -26Bonfanti et al. 2024

Sources

NASA Exoplanet Archive · Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (PSCompPars).

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Last changed in this atlas: 04/10/2026, 11:39:41. Read our methodology.

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