The KELT-8 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 644.39 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.81 solar masses |
Radius | 1.46 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5754 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.27 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.4 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, KELT-8 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 209.768 Earth masses |
Density | 0.167 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 18.159 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0455 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.04 |
Orbital Period | 3.244 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | KELT |
Discovery Telescope | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 |
Discovery Instrument | Apogee 4K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2015-09 |
Reference | Fulton et al. 2015 |