KELT-1

Planetary system · 875.5 light-years away

KELT-1 is 876 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,516 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (KELT).

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Worth knowing

KELT-1 b goes round its star every 29.2 hours, 72 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,516 K
Mass1.335 solar masses
Radius1.471 solar radii
Luminosity3.508 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.632
Distance from the Sun875.5 light-years (268.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 0.3621°, Dec 39.3838°
ConstellationAndromeda

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
KELT-1 b29.2 hours0.0247 AU12.442 R⊕8654.1 M⊕Transit, 2012

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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