Imaginary Picture of KELT-10 b

Display orbital revolution of KELT-10 b around the hoststar KELT-10
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Exoplanet Name : KELT-10 b
Alternate Name :
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 1.3990 (Rjup) 15.6814 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.6790 (Mjup) 215.8799 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0525 (AU) 0.0525 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0114
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 4.17 (Days Obs.) 4.17 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.8779
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 813996.7 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1340.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1259.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 1018.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1594.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1497.2 (K)
Size Class: Super-Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Primary Transit
Mass Detection : Radial Velocity
Radius Detection : Primary Transit
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : KELT-10
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 617.7
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.2 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.1 (Msun Measured) 1.1 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 4.5 (GY)
Temperature : 5948 (K)
Spectral type : G1
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 4.4
Apparent Magnitude: 10.8
Right Ascension(RA) 284.5484
Declination (DEC) -47.0033
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID 08378-00064
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "Rudolf B. Kuhn, Joseph E. Rodriguez, Karen A. Collins, Michael B. Lund, Robert J. Siverd, Knicole D. Col_n, Joshua Pepper, Keivan G. Stassun, Phillip A. Cargile, David J. James, Kaloyan Penev, George Zhou, Daniel Bayliss, T.G. Tan, Ivan A. Curtis, Stephane Udry, Damien Segransan, Dimitri Mawet, Jack Soutter, Rhodes Hart, Brad Carter, B. Scott Gaudi, Gordon Myers, Thomas G. Beatty, Jason D. Eastman, Daniel E. Reichart, Joshua B. Haislip, John Kielkopf, Allyson Bieryla, David W. Latham, Eric L. N. Jensen, Thomas E. Oberst, Daniel J. Stevens"
Discovery Paper - Title KELT-10b: The First Transiting Exoplanet from the KELT-South Survey -- A Hot Sub-Jupiter Transiting a V = 10.7 Early G-Star
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=KELT-10+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/KELT-10%20b/
KELT-10 b
KELT-10 b
  • KELT-10 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star KELT-10, located about 617.7 light-years (189.4 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2015.
  • The host star KELT-10 has apparent magnitude of 10.8, with absolute magnitude of 4.4.
  • It is 1.1 times more massive and 1.2 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5948 with its spectral types of G1
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet KELT-10 b orbits around the star KELT-10 every 4.2 days with its orbital distance of 0.05 AU ( 7853888.2 km)
    • (Projected orbit of KELT-10 b around its host star KELT-10)


  • The Star KELT-10 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.927 AU ( 138620140.0 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.281 AU ( 191609259.2 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.952 AU ( 291970108.0 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.872 AU ( 429646804.3 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of KELT-10 b : 813996.70 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star KELT-10)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star KELT-10 distance : 0.951 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star KELT-10 distance : 1.204 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star KELT-10 distance : 1.163 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star KELT-10 distance : 1.274 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star KELT-10 distance : 2.117 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star KELT-10 distance : 2.232 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star KELT-10)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star KELT-10 distance : 0.955 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star KELT-10 distance : 1.236 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star KELT-10 distance : 1.264 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star KELT-10 distance : 2.154 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star KELT-10 distance : 2.240 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star KELT-10)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star KELT-10 and its Exoplanet KELT-10 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star KELT-10 and its Exoplanet KELT-10 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star KELT-10*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102