KELT-8 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting KELT-8.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 18 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 210 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.2 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 18.16 × Earth
- Mass
- 209.8 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.244 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- KELT-8
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,754 K
- Radius
- 1.46 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.81 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 644.4 light-years (197.6 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2015
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- KELT
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.