KELT-1 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting KELT-1.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 8,654 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.2 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.44 × Earth
- Mass
- 8,654 × Earth
- Density
- 24.7 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.218 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.02466 AU
Star
- Host star
- KELT-1
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,516 K
- Radius
- 1.471 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.335 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 875.5 light-years (268.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2012
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- KELT
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.