# KELT-6b

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Exoplanet orbiting KELT-6

KELT-6b KELT-6b (white) compared to Jupiter Discovery[1] Discovered by Collins et al. Discovery site KELTNorth Discovery date 2014 Detection method Transit Orbital characteristics Semi-major axis 0.0804±0.0014 AU[2] Eccentricity 0.22±0.11[3] Orbital period (sidereal) 7.8457±0.0002 d[3] Inclination 88.81°±0.85°[3] Time of perihelion 2,456,269.2+1.7 −2.5 JD[1] Argument of perihelion 308°+30° −272°[4] Semi-amplitude 42.8±4.3 km/s[3] Star KELT-6 Physical characteristics Mean radius 1.30±0.09 RJ[3] Mass 0.442±0.019 MJ[4] Mean density 0.333+0.120 −0.079 g/cm3[2](0.012+0.004 −0.002 lb/cu in) Temperature 1313+59 −38 K[1]

**KELT-6b** is an [exoplanet](/source/Exoplanet) orbiting the [F-type](/source/F-type_star) [subgiant](/source/Subgiant) [KELT-6](/source/KELT-6) approximately 791 [light years](/source/Light-year) away in the northern [constellation](/source/Constellation) [Coma Berenices](/source/Coma_Berenices). It was discovered in 2013 using the transit method, and was announced in 2014.

## Discovery

In 2014, the planet's parameters were observed. The paper states that KELT-6 has just entered the [subgiant](/source/Subgiant) phase, and is no longer on the [main sequence](/source/Main_sequence). In 2015, an additional planet, [c](/source/KELT-6c), was discovered using the [radial velocity](/source/Doppler_spectroscopy) method.[4]

## Properties

KELT-6b is a [hot Saturn](/source/Hot_Saturn) with 44.2% [Jupiter's mass](/source/Jupiter_mass), but has been bloated to 1.3 times [Jupiter's radius](/source/Jupiter_radius). Its density is half of [Saturn](/source/Saturn)'s, and it has an [equilibrium temperature](/source/Planetary_equilibrium_temperature) of 1,313 [K](/source/Kelvin), but a hotter dayside temperature of 1,531 K.[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Collins2014_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Collins2014_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Collins2014_1-2) Collins, Karen A.; Eastman, Jason D.; Beatty, Thomas G.; Siverd, Robert J.; Gaudi, B. Scott; Pepper, Joshua; Kielkopf, John F.; Johnson, John Asher; Howard, Andrew W.; Fischer, Debra A.; Manner, Mark; Bieryla, Allyson; Latham, David W.; Fulton, Benjamin J.; Gregorio, Joao; Buchhave, Lars A.; Jensen, Eric L. N.; Stassun, Keivan G.; Penev, Kaloyan; Crepp, Justin R.; Hinkley, Sasha; Street, Rachel A.; Cargile, Phillip; Mack, Claude E.; Oberst, Thomas E.; Avril, Ryan L.; Mellon, Samuel N.; McLeod, Kim K.; Penny, Matthew T.; Stefanik, Robert P.; Berlind, Perry; Calkins, Michael L.; Mao, Qingqing; Richert, Alexander J. W.; DePoy, Darren L.; Esquerdo, Gilbert A.; Gould, Andrew; Marshall, Jennifer L.; Oelkers, Ryan J.; Pogge, Richard W.; Trueblood, Mark; Trueblood, Patricia (1 February 2014). ["KELT-6b: A P ~ 7.9 Day Hot Saturn Transiting a Metal-poor Star with a Long-period Companion"](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AJ....147...39C/abstract). *The Astronomical Journal*. **147** (2): 39. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[1308.2296](https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.2296). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2014AJ....147...39C](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AJ....147...39C). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1088/0004-6256/147/2/39](https://doi.org/10.1088%2F0004-6256%2F147%2F2%2F39). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0004-6256](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0004-6256). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [15020416](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:15020416).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bonomo2017_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bonomo2017_2-1) Bonomo, A. S.; Desidera, S.; Benatti, S.; Borsa, F.; Crespi, S.; Damasso, M.; Lanza, A. F.; Sozzetti, A.; Lodato, G.; Marzari, F.; Boccato, C.; Claudi, R. U.; Cosentino, R.; Covino, E.; Gratton, R.; Maggio, A.; Micela, G.; Molinari, E.; Pagano, I.; Piotto, G.; Poretti, E.; Smareglia, R.; Affer, L.; Biazzo, K.; Bignamini, A.; Esposito, M.; Giacobbe, P.; Hébrard, G.; Malavolta, L.; Maldonado, J.; Mancini, L.; Martinez Fiorenzano, A.; Masiero, S.; Nascimbeni, V.; Pedani, M.; Rainer, M.; Scandariato, G. (June 2017). ["The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG . XIV. Investigating giant planet migration history via improved eccentricity and mass determination for 231 transiting planets"](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017A&A...602A.107B). *Astronomy and Astrophysics*. **602**: A107. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[1704.00373](https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.00373). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2017A&A...602A.107B](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017A&A...602A.107B). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1051/0004-6361/201629882](https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%2F201629882). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0004-6361](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0004-6361). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [118923163](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:118923163).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Stassun2017_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Stassun2017_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Stassun2017_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Stassun2017_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Stassun2017_3-4) Stassun, Keivan G.; Collins, Karen A.; Gaudi, B. Scott (March 2017). ["Accurate Empirical Radii and Masses of Planets and Their Host Stars with Gaia Parallaxes"](https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-3881%2Faa5df3). *The Astronomical Journal*. **153** (3): 136. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[1609.04389](https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.04389). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2017AJ....153..136S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AJ....153..136S). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3847/1538-3881/aa5df3](https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-3881%2Faa5df3). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0004-6256](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0004-6256). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [119219062](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:119219062).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Damasso2015_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Damasso2015_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Damasso2015_4-2) Damasso, M.; Esposito, M.; Nascimbeni, V.; Desidera, S.; Bonomo, A. S.; Bieryla, A.; Malavolta, L.; Biazzo, K.; Sozzetti, A.; Covino, E.; Latham, D. W.; Gandolfi, D.; Rainer, M.; Petrovich, C.; Collins, K. A.; Boccato, C.; Claudi, R. U.; Cosentino, R.; Gratton, R.; Lanza, A. F.; Maggio, A.; Micela, G.; Molinari, E.; Pagano, I.; Piotto, G.; Poretti, E.; Smareglia, R.; Di Fabrizio, L.; Giacobbe, P.; Gomez-Jimenez, M.; Murabito, S.; Molinaro, M.; Affer, L.; Barbieri, M.; Bedin, L. R.; Benatti, S.; Borsa, F.; Maldonado, J.; Mancini, L.; Scandariato, G.; Southworth, J.; Zanmar Sanchez, R. (1 September 2015). ["The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG. IX. The multi-planet system KELT-6: Detection of the planet KELT-6 c and measurement of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for KELT-6 b"](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015A%26A...581L...6D/abstract). *Astronomy and Astrophysics*. **581**: L6. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[1508.06520](https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.06520). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2015A&A...581L...6D](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015A&A...581L...6D). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1051/0004-6361/201526995](https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%2F201526995). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0004-6361](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0004-6361). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [119114846](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:119114846).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["KELT-6 b"](http://www.exoplanetkyoto.org/exohtml/KELT-6_b.html). *www.exoplanetkyoto.org*. Retrieved 2021-08-13.

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