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KELT-6 b

Host star KELT-6 • 13.30 R⊕ • 7.85 d orbit

Records

8

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

13.30 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

140.5 M⊕

median non-null value

KELT-6

1377.5 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

KELT-6

Discovery

Transit

Year

2014

Period

7.85 day

Radius

14.29 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

1442 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 13.30 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

KELT-6 b

13.30 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

8

Refs

8

Methods

1

Discoverystable

8 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

8 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

8 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

6 values • 5 distinct

Massdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2014TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.97.85 day14.29 Rearth1442 KExoFOP
2014TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.97.85 dayKokori et al. 2023
2014TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.97.85 dayIvshina & Winn 2022
2014TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.97.85 day13.23 Rearth141 MearthDamasso et al. 2015
2014TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.97.85 day11.43 Rearth139.8 MearthBorsato et al. 2021
2014TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.97.85 day13.23 Rearth140.5 MearthBonomo et al. 2017
2014TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.97.85 day14.57 Rearth165.3 MearthStassun et al. 2017
2014TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.97.85 day13.37 Rearth136.7 Mearth1313 KCollins et al. 2014