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KELT-9 b

Host star KELT-9 • 20.34 R⊕ • 1.48 d orbit

Records

6

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

20.34 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

845.4 M⊕

median non-null value

KELT-9

3748.0 K equilibrium

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Host Star

KELT-9

Discovery

Transit

Year

2017

Period

1.48 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 20.34 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

KELT-9 b

20.34 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

5 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.91.48 dayKokori et al. 2023
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.91.48 day21.20 Rearth915.4 Mearth4050 KGaudi et al. 2017
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.91.48 dayIvshina & Winn 2022
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.91.48 day20.34 Rearth3446.0 KExoFOP
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.91.48 dayWong et al. 2020
2017TransitKELT-NorthMamiya 645 80mm f/1.919.99 Rearth775.5 MearthHoeijmakers et al. 2019