The KELT-9 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 666.84 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 2.52 solar masses |
Radius | 2.36 solar radiae |
Temperature | 10170 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.3 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, KELT-9 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 915.350 Earth masses |
Density | 0.530 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 21.196 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.03462 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.481 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | KELT-North |
Discovery Telescope | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 |
Discovery Instrument | Apogee 4K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2017-06 |
Reference | Gaudi et al. 2017 |