The KELT-18 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1048.19 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.52 solar masses |
Radius | 1.91 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6670 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.09 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.9 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, KELT-18 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 375.039 Earth masses |
Density | 0.377 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 17.598 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0455 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.872 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | KELT-North |
Discovery Telescope | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 |
Discovery Instrument | Apogee 4K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2017-06 |
Reference | McLeod et al. 2017 |