Exoplanet KELT 16 b

Name: KELT 16 b
Creator: Stellar Catalog
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Exoplanet KELT 16 b orbits star KELT 16 that lies 1451 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 874.2 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.

Sun distance
1451 light years

KELT 16 b

Exoplanet, gas giant, ultra-short period

Star: KELT 16

Distance from the star: 0.02044 AU

Orbit around star: 0.968995 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 874.2 M Earth | 2.7509 M Jupiter

Size: 15.861 R Earth | 1.4 R Jupiter

Density: 1208 kg/m3 | 22 % Earth

Year of discovery: 2016 (transit)

Comparison to the Solar system planets

Mass: Jupiter (275.09 % Jupiter mass)

Size: Jupiter (141.5 % Jupiter radius)

Density: Jupiter (91.1 % Jupiter density)

Distance: Mercury (5 % Mercury distance)

Other designations of this exoplanet
TYC 2688-1839-1 b, 2MASS J20570443+3139397 b

Exoplanets around star KELT 16

Exoplanet KELT 16 b orbits star Class yellow-white star KELT 16, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star

KELT 16 b

| 0.02 AU

Star KELT 16

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