Astronomy:KELT-20b

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KELT-20b
An artist's impression of ultra-hot Jupiter planet KELT-20b orbiting its host star.
Discovery
Discovery siteKELT
Discovery date2017
Transit method
Orbital characteristics
0.0542 AU
Orbital period3.6127647 d = 3.474
Inclination86.12
StarKELT-20
Physical characteristics[1]
Mean radius1.821 |♃|J}}}}}}
Mass3.355 ||J}}}}}}
Mean density0.737 g cm−3


KELT-20b, also known as MASCARA-2b, is an exoplanet announced in 2017. It is an Ultra-hot Jupiter orbiting an A-type star. The carbon monoxide, steam[2][3] and neutral iron[4] detection in the atmosphere of KELT-20b was announced in 2022.

Host star

The host star is an A-type main-sequence star in the constellation of Cygnus having 2.282 solar masses, 1.617 solar radius and an apparent magnitude of 7.58.

See also

References

  1. Saha, Suman (2023). "Precise Transit Photometry Using TESS: Updated Physical Properties for 28 Exoplanets Around Bright Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 268 (1): 2. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/acdb6b. Bibcode2023ApJS..268....2S. 
  2. Fu, Guangwei; Sing, David K.; Lothringer, Joshua D.; Deming, Drake; Ih, Jegug; Kempton, Eliza M. -R.; Malik, Matej; Komacek, Thaddeus D. et al. (2022), "Strong H2O and CO Emission Features in the Spectrum of KELT-20b Driven by Stellar UV Irradiation", The Astrophysical Journal Letters 925 (1): L3, doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac4968, Bibcode2022ApJ...925L...3F 
  3. Kasper, David; Bean, Jacob L.; Line, Michael R.; Seifahrt, Andreas; Brady, Madison T.; Lothringer, Joshua; Pino, Lorenzo; Fu, Guangwei et al. (2023), "Unifying High- and Low-resolution Observations to Constrain the Dayside Atmosphere of KELT-20b/MASCARA-2b", The Astronomical Journal 165 (1): 7, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac9f40, Bibcode2023AJ....165....7K 
  4. Yan, F.; Reiners, A.; Pallé, E.; Shulyak, D.; Stangret, M.; Molaverdikhani, K.; Nortmann, L.; Mollière, P. et al. (2022), "Detection of iron emission lines and a temperature inversion on the dayside of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-20b", Astronomy & Astrophysics 659: A7, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142395, Bibcode2022A&A...659A...7Y