KELT-9 b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

KELT-9 b is a hot jupiter orbiting KELT-9, completing an orbit every 1.4811 days, about 667 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2017 using the transit method.

Host star

KELT-9

Spectral type

B9.5-A0

Temperature

10,170 K

Mass

2.52 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Transit Method

Discovery year

2017

Knowledge connections

OrbitsKELT-9
Discovered by methodTransit Method
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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