The KELT-2 A system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 437.24 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.54 solar masses |
Radius | 1.93 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6327 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.97 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, KELT-2 A b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 540.311 Earth masses |
Density | 0.910 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 15.132 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.05497 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.114 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | KELT |
Discovery Telescope | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 |
Discovery Instrument | Apogee 4K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2012-09 |
Reference | Beatty et al. 2012 |