KELT-6b

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KELT-6b
KELT-6b comparision.png
KELT-6b (white) compared to Jupiter
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Collins et al.
Discovery site KELTNorth
Discovery date2014
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.0804±0.0014  AU [2]
Eccentricity 0.22±0.11 [3]
7.8457±0.0002  d [3]
Inclination 88.81° ±0.85° [3]
2,456,269.2+1.7
−2.5
  JD
[1]
308° +30°
−272°
[4]
Semi-amplitude 42.8±4.3  km/s [3]
Star KELT-6
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
1.30±0.09  RJ [3]
Mass 0.442±0.019  MJ [4]
Mean density
0.333+0.120
−0.079
  g/cm3
[2] (0.012+0.004
−0.002
  lb/cuin
)
Temperature 1313+59
−38
  K
[1]

    KELT-6b is an exoplanet orbiting the F-type subgiant KELT-6 approximately 791 light years away in the northern constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered in 2013 using the transit method, and was announced in 2014.

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    Discovery

    In 2014, the planet's parameters were observed. The paper states that KELT-6 has just entered the subgiant phase, and is no longer on the main sequence. In 2015, an additional planet, c, was discovered using the radial velocity method. [4]

    Properties

    KELT-6b is a hot Saturn with 44.2% Jupiter's mass, but has been bloated to 1.3 times Jupiter's radius. Its density is half of Saturn's, and it has an equilibrium temperature of 1,313 K, but a hotter dayside temperature of 1,531 K. [5]

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