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CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Gas Giant

KELT-20 b

Orbits Host Star: KELT-20 (Type A2 V) · Distance: 445.000 Light-Years (136.426 pc)
Planetary Radius
19.515 R⊕
Planetary Mass
1074.901 M⊕
Surface Gravity
2.82 g / g⊕
Equilibrium Temp
2262K (1989°C)
Orbital Period
3.474 days
Discovery Year
2017 (Transit)

Habitability Assessment

⚠️ Thermal Exclusions: High equilibrium temperature (2262 K) places this world well interior to the runaway greenhouse threshold.

Discovery Facility: KELT-North.

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