Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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KELT-3 b
Host star KELT-3 • 17.49 R⊕ • 2.70 d orbit
Records
10
archive rows
Discovery
2013
Transit
Radius
17.49 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
616.6 M⊕
default parameter set
KELT-3
temperature unconstrained
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Stassun et al. 2017
Host Star
KELT-3
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2013
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
2.70 day
2.70 to 2.70
Radius
17.49 Rearth
15.08 to 17.49
Mass
616.6 Mearth
467.2 to 616.6
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 17.49 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
KELT-3 b
17.49 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
10
Refs
10
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 2.70 day | 15.08 Rearth | 469.8 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2013 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 2.70 day | — | — | — | Mallonn et al. 2019 |
| 2013 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 2.70 day | 16.72 Rearth | — | 1790 K | ExoFOP |
| 2013 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 2.70 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2013 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 2.70 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2013 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 2.70 day | — | — | — | Yalçınkaya et al. 2024 |
| 2013 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 2.70 day | 15.13 Rearth | 467.2 Mearth | — | Knudstrup et al. 2024 |
| 2013 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 2.70 day | 15.08 Rearth | 469.4 Mearth | 1816 K | Pepper et al. 2013 |
| 2013 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 2.70 day | 17.49 Rearth | 616.6 Mearth | — | Stassun et al. 2017 |
| 2013 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 2.70 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2022 |