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KELT-9 b

666.84 light-years

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Discovery
Transit · 2017
Radius
21.7006 (+0.5268 / −0.5268) Earth radii
Mass
915.3458 (+111.2399 / −111.2399) Earth masses
Orbital period
1.4811 (+1.1 × 10⁻⁶ / −1.1 × 10⁻⁶) days
Semi-major axis
0.0337 (+7.8 × 10⁻⁴ / −7.8 × 10⁻⁴) AU
Equilibrium temperature
3,921 (+182 / −174) K
Mass provenance
Mass

Measurements may come from different studies and need not form one self-consistent model. “Msini” is a minimum mass; a mass inferred from radius is an estimate. Equilibrium temperature is a model estimate, not a measured surface temperature or evidence of habitability.

NASA archive record and references ↗

Snapshot retrieved: 2026-10-11T04:15:07.688253+00:00