The KELT-6 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 785.14 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.42 solar masses |
Radius | 1.73 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6102 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.28 decimal exponent |
Age | 6.1 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, KELT-6 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 165.272 Earth masses |
Density | 0.311 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.572 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.07939 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.22 |
Orbital Period | 7.846 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | KELT |
Discovery Telescope | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 |
Discovery Instrument | Apogee 4K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2014-02 |
Reference | Collins et al. 2014 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, KELT-6 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 1179.149 Earth masses |
Density | 2.950 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.000 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 2.39 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.21 |
Orbital Period | 1276.000 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Multiple Observatories |
Discovery Telescope | Multiple Telescopes |
Discovery Instrument | Multiple Instruments |
Discovery Date | 2015-09 |
Reference | Damasso et al. 2015 |