Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

KELT-24 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white KELT-24, located approximately 314.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.71 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,458.83 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 9.03 g
  • An orbital period of 5.551 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0665 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,391 K (1118 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 314.80 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.119
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,551,444 years

KELT-24 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.71 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.134 R♃
Mass
1,458.83 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
4.590 M♃
Density
3.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
9.03 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.119
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility KELT-North
Telescope Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1129of 1771

top 63.7%

This planet

12.71R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KELT-24 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.7111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,458.83317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.009.032.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00624.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,458.832 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,458.832 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 1,646.532 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 93148

HIP

HIP 52796

TIC

TIC 349827430

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1076970406751899008

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1076970406751899008

System

KELT-24

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.711 R⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,458.832 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.55 d · percentile 39 / cohort 1533
Distance 96.52 pc · percentile 34 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.119 · percentile 32 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.551 days
Semi-major axis
0.0665 AU
Eccentricity
0.032
Inclination
89.67 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.55 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0665 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.757 %

Duration

4.303 h

Impact parameter b

0.061

Rp / R★

0.087024

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,173.3474

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,573 ppm lasting ≈ 4.30 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.087024

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.670

Impact parameter (b)

0.061

RV semi-amplitude (K)

449.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,173.3474

Long. of periastron (ω)

3.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

1.40°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.68900

Eq. Temperature

1,391K

(1118 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

624.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.119

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. 2019

Instrument

Apogee 4K CCD Sensor

Publication

2019-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: KELT-24

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,426 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.98 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.338 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.268 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.287 dex

Stellar density

0.744 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-5.63 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

19.74 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
96.52 parsec
Light-years 314.80 ly
V-band magnitude
8.34 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,551,444 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.18.88.82B8.34V8.24Gaia7.92TESS7.41J7.20H7.15K7.06W17.13W27.15W37.15W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.332 mas

Total Proper Motion

66.092 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-56.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

-34.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.299 · y = 0.098 · z = 0.949

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 161.90903° · Dec 71.65573°

Galactic ℓ, b

135.573° · 42.301°

Ecliptic λ, β

122.628° · 56.303°

HTM-20 index

1086539918

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