The KELT-3 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 685.75 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.96 solar masses |
Radius | 1.7 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6304 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.05 decimal exponent |
Age | 3 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, KELT-3 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 616.590 Earth masses |
Density | 0.750 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 17.486 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.04123 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.703 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | KELT |
Discovery Telescope | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 |
Discovery Instrument | Apogee 4K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2013-08 |
Reference | Pepper et al. 2013 |