KELT-20

Planetary system · 445.0 light-years away · also HD 185603, HIP 96618

KELT-20 is 445 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this A2 V star; the first was found in 2017 by transit (KELT-North).

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Worth knowing

KELT-20 b goes round its star every 3.47 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeA2 V
Surface temperature8,720 K
Mass1.76 solar masses
Radius1.565 solar radii
Luminosity12.7 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude7.59
Ageabout 0.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun445.0 light-years (136.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.6614°, Dec 31.2192°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
KELT-20 b3.47 days0.0542 AU19.515 R⊕1074.9 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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