KELT-17

Planetary system · 738.7 light-years away · also TYC 807-903-1

KELT-17 is 739 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this A star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (KELT).

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Worth knowing

KELT-17 b goes round its star every 3.08 days, 29 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeA
Surface temperature7,454 K
Mass1.635 solar masses
Radius1.645 solar radii
Luminosity7.51 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.234
Ageabout 0.65 billion years
Distance from the Sun738.7 light-years (226.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 125.6174°, Dec 13.7353°
ConstellationCancer

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
KELT-17 b3.08 days0.0488 AU17.094 R⊕416.36 M⊕Transit, 2016

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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