KELT-24 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting KELT-24.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 1,459 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,118 °C (2,044 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 624 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.71 × Earth
- Mass
- 1,459 × Earth
- Density
- 3.9 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,391 K
- Starlight received
- 624 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 5.551 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0665 AU
Star
- Host star
- KELT-24
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,426 K
- Radius
- 1.338 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.268 × Sun
- Age
- 1.98 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 314.8 light-years (96.52 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2019
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- KELT-North
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.