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KELT-20 b

Host star KELT-20 • 20.51 R⊕ • 3.47 d orbit

Records

6

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

20.51 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

3239.0 M⊕

median non-null value

KELT-20

2260 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

KELT-20

Discovery

Transit

Year

2017

Period

3.47 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 20.51 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

KELT-20 b

20.51 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

6

Refs

6

Methods

1

Discoverystable

6 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

6 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

6 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.47 dayKokori et al. 2023
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.47 day19.51 Rearth1074.9 Mearth2262 KLund et al. 2017
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.47 day20.51 Rearth5403.1 Mearth2260 KTalens et al. 2018
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.47 dayPatel & Espinoza 2022
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.47 dayIvshina & Winn 2022
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.47 day21.29 Rearth2084.3 KExoFOP