KELT-16 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting KELT-16.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 16 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 874 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 2,180 °C (3,956 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 23 hours.
Planet
- Radius
- 15.86 × Earth
- Mass
- 874 × Earth
- Density
- 1.2 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,453 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 0.969 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.02044 AU
Star
- Host star
- KELT-16
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,236 K
- Radius
- 1.36 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.211 × Sun
- Age
- 3.1 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,450 light-years (444.6 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2017
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- KELT
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.