KELT-8 is 644 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G2 V star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (KELT).
Fly there in 3DKELT-8 b goes round its star every 3.24 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | G2 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,754 K |
| Mass | 0.81 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.46 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 1.84 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 10.845 |
| Age | about 5.4 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 644.4 light-years (197.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 283.3054°, Dec 24.1272° |
| Constellation | Hercules |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELT-8 b | 3.24 days | 0.0455 AU | 18.159 R⊕ | 209.77 M⊕ | Transit, 2015 |
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.