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KELT-1b
KELT-1 is a F-type main-sequence star. Its surface temperature is 6518±50 K. It is similar to the Sun in its concentration of heavy elements, with a metallicity Fe/H index of 0.008±0.073, but is much younger at an age of 1.75±0.25 billion years. The star is rotating very rapidly.

A red dwarf stellar companion at a projected separation of 154±8 AU was detected in 2012, simultaneously with a planetary companion.

Planetary system

The star was found to be orbited by a low-mass brown dwarf or giant planet in 2012.

The atmosphere of the brown dwarf KELT-1b has been extensively measured from space- and ground-based observatories by a team of astronomers led by Thomas Beatty. They found that KELT-1b has an equilibrium temperature of 2422
−26 K, but features a very strong contrast between measured dayside and nightside temperatures. Dayside temperature appears to be 3340±110 K, while nightside temperature is 1173
−130 K. The excess dayside temperature may be an artifact arising from highly reflective (dayside albedo reaching 0.5, which is unusual for hot planets and brown dwarfs) rock-vapor clouds. Also, the brightest band is shifted eastward from the subsolar point by 18.3±7.4°.

KELT-1b's density of 22.1
−9.16 g/cm is the highest among well characterized planets.

The planetary orbit is well aligned with the equatorial plane of the star, with the misalignment angle equal to 2±16°. Despite the short orbital period, orbital decay of KELT-1b has not been detected as of 2018.

The KELT-1 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star) 		Mass Semimajor axis
(AU) 		Orbital period
(days) 		Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 27.23
−0.48 MJ 		0.02466±0.00016 1.21749397 0 85.3
−2.6° 		1.15
−0.15 RJ

See also

References

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  5. ^ Beatty, Thomas G.; Wong, Ian; Fetherolf, Tara; Line, Michael R.; Shporer, Avi; Stassun, Keivan G.; Ricker, George R.; Seager, Sara; Winn, Joshua N.; Jenkins, Jon M.; Louie, Dana R.; Schlieder, Joshua E.; Sha, Lizhou; Tenenbaum, Peter; Yahalomi, Daniel A. (2020), "The TESS phase curve of KELT-1b suggests a high dayside albedo", The Astronomical Journal, 160 (5): 211, arXiv:2006.10292, Bibcode:2020AJ....160..211B, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abb5aa, S2CID 219792029
  6. ^ Beatty, Thomas G.; Marley, Mark S.; Gaudi, B. Scott; Colón, Knicole D.; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Showman, Adam P. (2019), "Spitzer Phase Curves of KELT-1b and the Signatures of Nightside Clouds in Thermal Phase Observations", The Astronomical Journal, 158 (4): 166, arXiv:1808.09575, Bibcode:2019AJ....158..166B, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab33fc, S2CID 119055976
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