KELT-11

Planetary system · 323.4 light-years away · also HD 93396, HIP 52733

KELT-11 is 323 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G8/K0 IV star; the first was found in 2017 by transit (KELT-South).

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Worth knowing

KELT-11 b goes round its star every 4.74 days, 19 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG8/K0 IV
Surface temperature5,375 K
Mass1.44 solar masses
Radius2.69 solar radii
Luminosity5.55 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude8.04
Distance from the Sun323.4 light-years (99.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 161.7069°, Dec -9.3994°
ConstellationSextans

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
KELT-11 b4.74 days0.0623 AU15.132 R⊕65.155 M⊕Transit, 2017

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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