The KELT-16 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1450.04 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.21 solar masses |
Radius | 1.36 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6236 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.002 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.1 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, KELT-16 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 874.033 Earth masses |
Density | 1.200 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 15.861 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.02044 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 0.969 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | KELT |
Discovery Telescope | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 |
Discovery Instrument | Apogee 4K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2017-03 |
Reference | Oberst et al. 2017 |