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KELT-8 b

Host star KELT-8 • 20.85 R⊕ • 3.24 d orbit

Records

8

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

20.85 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

272.7 M⊕

median non-null value

KELT-8

1551.6 K equilibrium

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Host Star

KELT-8

Discovery

Transit

Year

2015

Period

3.24 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 20.85 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

KELT-8 b

20.85 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

4 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2015TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.24 dayKokori et al. 2023
2015TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.24 day20.85 Rearth272.7 MearthBonomo et al. 2017
2015TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.24 day20.85 Rearth275.6 Mearth1675 KFulton et al. 2015
2015TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.24 dayPatel & Espinoza 2022
2015TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.24 dayMallonn et al. 2019
2015TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.24 dayIvshina & Winn 2022
2015TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.24 day21.05 Rearth1428.2 KExoFOP
2015TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.93.24 day18.16 Rearth209.8 MearthStassun et al. 2017