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KELT-8 · ExoFinder

KELT-8

Star 644 light-years from the Sun with one known planet

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Planet

KELT-8 bGas giant, scorching

Star

Spectral type: G2 V
Temperature: 5,754 K
Radius: 1.46 × Sun
Mass: 0.81 × Sun
Brightness seen from Earth: 10.8 mag
Distance: 644 ly (198 pc)

Brightness is given in magnitudes: the smaller the number, the brighter the star. The faintest stars visible to the naked eye are around 6 mag.

Position

Right ascension: 283.3054°
Declination: 24.1272°
Catalogue names: HD 343246, Gaia DR3 4534144923690481408