SpazeUltra-hot Jupiter, 667 light years away, KELT-9
KELT-9 b
The hottest planet known, hotter than many stars.
- Distance
- 667 light years
- Year
- 1.5 days
- Size
- 1.9 × Jupiter
- Temperature
- 3,648 °C
- Mass
- 2.9 × Jupiter
- Found
- 2017, KELT-North
Can we live on KELT-9 b?
Air: H, Fe. Not breathable: you’d need a suit and your own oxygen.
Gravity: 1.94 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 136 kg there.
Temperature: 3,648 °C on average.
Clouds: Day side 4,300 °C, hot enough to tear molecules apart.
Atmosphere
- H
- Fe
- Fe⁺
- Ti⁺
- Mg
- Ca⁺
Measured by ground spectra