Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

KELT-14 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) KELT-14, located approximately 815.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 19.54 Earth radii
  • A mass of 408.09 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.07 g
  • An orbital period of 1.710 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0301 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,970 K (1697 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 815.78 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.049
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,386,361 years

KELT-14 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
19.54 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.743 R♃
Mass
408.09 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.284 M♃
Density
0.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.049
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility KELT-South
Telescope Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#36of 1771

top 2.0%

This planet

19.54R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KELT-14 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0019.5411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00408.09317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.072.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00826.110.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 408.094 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 374.086 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 380.249 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 134537478

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5560886336446650240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5560886336446650240

System

KELT-14

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 19.537 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1771
Mass 408.094 M⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.71 d · percentile 5 / cohort 1533
Distance 250.12 pc · percentile 56 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.049 · percentile 4 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.710 days
Semi-major axis
0.0301 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
78.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.71 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0301 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.386 %

Duration

2.188 h

Impact parameter b

0.862

Rp / R★

0.117700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,665.2240

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 13,860 ppm lasting ≈ 2.19 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.117700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.248

Impact parameter (b)

0.862

RV semi-amplitude (K)

185.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,665.2240

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12000

Eq. Temperature

1,970K

(1697 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

826.11

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.049

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rodriguez et al. 2016

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2016-06

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at KELT-South (2 shown).

Host System: KELT-14

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,720 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.11 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.520 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.239 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.32

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.166 dex

Stellar density

0.495 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

34.59 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
250.12 parsec
Light-years 815.78 ly
V-band magnitude
11.00 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,386,361 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.711.811.78B11.00V10.84Gaia10.39TESS11.25Sloan g10.73Sloan r10.63Sloan i9.81J9.49H9.42K9.38W19.43W29.35W38.72W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.969 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.438 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.86 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.232 · y = 0.701 · z = -0.674

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 108.30141° · Dec -42.40976°

Galactic ℓ, b

253.630° · -14.194°

Ecliptic λ, β

121.732° · -63.846°

HTM-20 index

1207863522

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