The KELT-21 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1535.80 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.46 solar masses |
Radius | 1.64 solar radiae |
Temperature | 7598 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.405 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.6 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, KELT-21 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 1242.715 Earth masses |
Density | 1.240 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 17.777 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.05224 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.613 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | KELT-North |
Discovery Telescope | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 |
Discovery Instrument | Apogee 4K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2018-02 |
Reference | Johnson et al. 2018 |