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KELT-6 1.73 R⦿ 6102.00 K
KELT-6 b
1.300 RJup
KELT-6 c
Architecture
KELT-6
KELT-6
KELT-6 b
KELT-6 c
Other Data
Bibliography 11
Nearby Data 5
Discovery Data
Host Planet Method Year Reference Disposition
KELT-6 KELT-6 b Transit 2014 Collins et al. 2014 Confirmed Planet
KELT-6 KELT-6 c Radial Velocity 2015 Damasso et al. 2015 Confirmed Planet
RA
13h03m55.64s
Dec
+30d38m24.52s
Distance
240.726+1.987-1.955
pc
Parallax
4.1255000±0.0337598 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
34.18175 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
181.00872 deg
Galactic Latitude
85.54996 deg
Galactic Longitude
85.77535 deg
Total Proper Motion
16.4524553±0.0461558 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
-5.1062400±0.0517399 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
15.6400000±0.0455202 mas/yr
Photometry
mV
10.371±0.007
mTESS
9.8469±0.0072
mJ
9.302±0.021
mH
9.137±0.022
mKs
9.083±0.017
mW1
9.039±0.023
mW2
9.072±0.020
mW3
9.054±0.028
mW4
8.415±0.253
mGaia
10.193400±0.000289
mB
10.763±0.093
Abundances
(Hypatia Catalog)
[Fe/H] -0.21±0.04 dex
[C/H] -0.26±0.04 dex
[O/H] -0.16±0.10 dex
[Na/H] -0.34±0.04 dex
[Mg/H] -0.18±0.02 dex
[Al/H] -0.44±0.02 dex
[Si/H] -0.19±0.04 dex
[Ca/H] -0.14±0.04 dex
[Y/H] -0.14±0.08 dex
[BaII/H] -0.11±0.15 dex
Tools
ExoFOP Target Overview Page
IRSA Finding Chart
TOI
Stellar Hosts
Source TICv8 Gaia DR2 Bonomo et al. 2017 Stassun et al. 2017 Damasso et al. 2015 Collins et al. 2014 ExoFOP-TESS TOI Show Candidate Solutions >> << Hide Candidate Solutions
Teff
(K)
6266.0000+110.4550-98.9486
6366.000+163.232-84.500
 6272±61 6102±43 6272±61 6102±43 6266.000±104.702
Metallicity
(dex)
-0.16±0.10 [M/H] --- -0.270±0.060 [Fe/H] -0.28 [Fe/H] -0.27±0.06 [Fe/H]
-0.281 +0.039-0.038
[Fe/H] 		---
ρ✶
(g/cm3)
0.3819375+0.0909152-0.0661603
 --- --- 0.39±0.10
0.44+0.15-0.10
0.387 +0.068-0.088
---
M✶
(M⦿)
1.220000+0.228722-0.134089
 --- 1.126±0.058 1.42±0.46 1.126±0.058
1.085 +0.043-0.040
---
R✶
(R⦿)
1.6513700+0.0702296-0.0632477
1.5574981+0.0421854-0.0769023
 1.53±0.14 1.73±0.12
1.529+0.143-0.137
1.580 +0.160-0.094
1.65±0.07
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
4.0887400+0.0900245-0.0666080
 --- --- 4.07±0.06 4.12±0.07
4.074 +0.045-0.070
4.0887400±0.0783162
v sin i
(km/s)
--- --- 4.53±0.26 --- 4.53±0.26 5.0±0.5 ---
Age
(Gyr)
--- ---
4.90+0.70-0.50
 ---
4.90+0.66-0.46
 6.1±0.2 ---
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
0.5783448+0.0206425-0.0155454
0.55501629+0.00544377-0.00551286
 --- --- ---
0.493 +0.086-0.058
---
γ
(km/s)
--- 1.6234241414983579±0.2688834606606411 --- --- --- 1.1±0.2 ---
Sp. T
--- --- --- --- --- F8 ---
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Status
Confirmed Planet
Detected By
Radial Velocity, Transit
Tools
Transit Prediction Service
TOI
Transit
Source Stassun et al. 2017 Kokori et al. 2023 Ivshina & Winn 2022 Bonomo et al. 2017 Damasso et al. 2015 Collins et al. 2014 ExoFOP-TESS TOI Show Candidate Solutions >> << Hide Candidate Solutions
a/R✶
10.83±0.89 11.4±1.7 --- --- ---
10.79 +0.60-0.89
 ---
Mp
(M⨁)
165±38 --- --- 140±6 ---
136.661 +14.302-14.620
 ---
Mp
(MJup)
0.52±0.12 --- --- 0.442±0.019 ---
0.430 +0.045-0.046
 ---
e
0.22±0.11 --- --- <0.036
0.029+0.016-0.013
0.22 +0.12-0.10
 ---
i
(deg)
88.81±0.85
88.8+0.8-0.9
 ---
88.81+0.79-0.91
88.81+0.79-0.91
88.81 +0.79-0.91
 ---
P
(days)
7.84570±0.00020 7.8456043±0.0000022 7.8456049±0.0000067 7.845582±0.000007 7.8455821±0.0000070 7.8457±0.0002 7.8456075±0.0000096
Rp
(R⨁)
14.6±1.0 --- --- 13.2±1.2 13.2±1.2
13.372 +1.457-0.863
 14.286600±0.615803
Rp
(RJup)
1.30±0.09 --- --- 1.18±0.11 1.18±0.11
1.193 +0.130-0.077
 1.2745673±0.0549384
K
(m/s)
42.8±4.3 --- --- 41.8±1.1 41.8±1.1
42.8 +4.5-4.2
 ---
δ
(%)
0.600±0.015 --- --- --- ---
0.602 +0.016-0.014
 0.702000000±0.000138932
Rp/R✶
--- 0.0776±0.0010 --- ---
0.077613+0.001000-0.000900
0.07761 +0.0010-0.00092
 ---
TC
(days)
--- 2457218.65874±0.00034 2457124.51136±0.00082 2457124.50954±0.00057 2457124.50954±0.00057 2456347.796793±0.000364 2459658.6424190±0.0006124
b
--- --- --- ---
0.20+0.14-0.13
0.20 +0.14-0.13
 ---
ω
(deg)
--- --- --- ---
308+30-272
80 +110-120
 ---
Mp sin i
(M⨁)
--- --- --- --- 140±6 --- ---
Mp sin i
(MJup)
--- --- --- --- 0.442±0.019 --- ---
a
(au)
--- --- --- 0.0804±0.0014 0.080±0.001
0.07939 +0.0010-0.00099
 ---
λ
(deg)
--- --- --- --- -36±11 --- ---
ρ
(g/cm3)
--- --- ---
0.333+0.120-0.079
 ---
0.311 +0.069-0.076
 ---
Teq
(K)
--- --- --- --- ---
1313 +59-38
 1442
S
(S⨁)
--- --- --- --- --- --- 718.188
T14
(hours)
--- --- --- --- ---
5.520 +1.032-0.768
 5.892±0.521
Tp
(days)
--- --- --- --- ---
2456269.2 +1.7-2.5
 ---
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Status
Confirmed Planet
Detected By
Radial Velocity
Tools
Source Damasso et al. 2015
ω
(deg)
268.7±8.8
Mp sin i
(M⨁)
1179±67
Mp sin i
(MJup)
3.71±0.21
e
0.210+0.039-0.036
P
(days)
1276+81-67
K
(m/s)
65.7+2.6-2.4
a
(au)
2.39±0.11
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Literature Time Series (1 File Type, 2 Files)
File Type Data Points Filter Reference
Radial Velocity Curve     24 Optical Spectra Collins et al. 2014
Radial Velocity Curve     16 Optical Spectra Collins et al. 2014
Known Objects
2 Confirmed Planets
2 2MASS Point Source Catalog
Data Files
4 KELT Time Series
2 SuperWASP Time Series
2 Associated Literature Data
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False Positive Planet
Controversial
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