KELT-16b

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KELT-16b
Discovery
Discovery date2017
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.02044 AU
Eccentricity 0.0
0.9689951 d
Star TYC 2688-1839-1
Physical characteristics
1.415 MJ
Mass 2.75 MJ
Mean density
1.20 g/cm

    KELT-16b is an hot Jupiter located 1,450 light years from Earth that has an ultra-short orbital period of 0.96 days that orbits around a F-type main sequence star named TYC 2688-1839-1. It has 2.75 Jupiter masses and a radius of 1.415 Jupiter radii. [1] [2]

    KElT-16b is highly irradiated due to its host star. This makes the temperature of KELT-16b around 2453 Kelvin. It is possible that KELT-16b may be driving inward towards its star due to Kozai-livdov oscillations (Kozai mechanism). [1] The atmosphere of KELT-16b is probably more Oxygen-rich then Carbon-rich. [3]

    References

    1. 1 2 Oberst, Thomas E.; Rodriguez, Joseph E.; Colón, Knicole D.; Angerhausen, Daniel; Bieryla, Allyson; Ngo, Henry; Stevens, Daniel J.; Stassun, Keivan G.; Gaudi, B. Scott (2017-01-31), "KELT-16b: A Highly Irradiated, Ultra-short Period Hot Jupiter Nearing Tidal Disruption", The Astronomical Journal, 153 (3): 97, arXiv: 1608.00618 , Bibcode:2017AJ....153...97O, doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/153/3/97 , hdl:1969.1/178694 , retrieved 2025-04-22
    2. ↑ "KELT-16 b - NASA Science". 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
    3. ↑ Mancini, L.; Southworth, J.; Naponiello, L.; Baştürk, Ö; Barbato, D.; Biagiotti, F.; Bruni, I.; Cabona, L.; D'Ago, G.; Damasso, M.; Erdem, A.; Evans, D.; Henning, Th; Öztürk, O.; Ricci, D. (January 2022). "The ultra-hot-Jupiter KELT-16 b: dynamical evolution and atmospheric properties". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 509 (1): 1447–1464. arXiv: 2105.00889 . Bibcode:2022MNRAS.509.1447M. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab2691 . ISSN   0035-8711.
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