Discovery[1] | |
---|---|
Discovered by | Kuhn et al. 2016 |
Discovery site | South African Astronomical Observatory (KELTSouth) |
Discovery date | around 2016 |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
0.0525 AU[1] | |
4.16±0.00 d | |
Inclination | 88.61°+0.86° −0.74°[1] |
2,457,066±0 JD[1] | |
Semi-amplitude | 80±3 m/s[1] |
Star | KELT-10 |
Physical characteristics | |
1.399+0.069 −0.049 RJ[1] | |
Mass | 0.68±0.04 MJ[1] |
Mean density | 0.31+0.03 −0.04 g/cm3[1] (0.01±0.00 lb/cu in) |
Temperature | 1,377+28 −23 K[1] |
KELT-10b is an exoplanet orbiting the G-type main-sequence star KELT-10 approximately 618 light-years away in the southern constellation Telescopium. It was discovered using the transit method, and was announced in 2016.