KELT-16b
Highly irradiated ultra-short period hot Jupiter
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KELT-16b is an hot Jupiter located 1,450 light years from Earth that has an ultra-short orbital period of 0.96 days that orbits around a F-type main sequence star named TYC 2688-1839-1. It has 2.75 Jupiter masses and a radius of 1.415 Jupiter radii.[1][2]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 2017 |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.02044 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0 |
| 0.9689951 d | |
| Star | TYC 2688-1839-1 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.415 MJ | |
| Mass | 2.75 MJ |
Mean density | 1.20 g/cm |
KElT-16b is highly irradiated due to its host star. This makes the temperature of KELT-16b around 2453 Kelvin. It is possible that KELT-16b may be driving inward towards its star due to Kozai-livdov oscillations (Kozai mechanism).[1] The atmosphere of KELT-16b is probably more Oxygen-rich then Carbon-rich.[3]