Epic exoplanet 51 EP

KELT-6 b

RA 195.9818° · Dec 30.6401° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 6 badges

51 pts · Epic

Epic 68 pts → Anomaly

Lava world +14
Puffy low-density world +12
Hot Jupiter +10
Multi-planet system +6
Confirmed exoplanet +5
Gas giant +4

Total score 51

17 more points to reach Anomaly.

Badges

Confirmed exoplanet · +5
Gas giant · +4
Hot Jupiter · +10
Lava world · +14
Puffy low-density world · +12
Multi-planet system · +6

Trivia

What makes it special

Lava world. Its surface is likely an ocean of molten rock.
Cotton-candy planet. So low-density it would float on water.

Could we get there?

Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 13.8 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1.2 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
At 10% light speed. ≈ 7851 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
Distance. 785 light-years from Earth.

Look-back time

Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 1241.

Saying hello

Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 1570 years round-trip.

Standing on it

A year here. A full year lasts just 7.8 Earth days.

By the numbers

Size. About 14.6× the width of Earth.
Volume. About 3094 Earths could fit inside it.
Mass. Roughly 165× Earth's mass — about 0.5 Jupiters.
Your weight. You'd weigh about 0.8× your Earth weight standing here.
Density. Less dense than water — drop it in a big enough ocean and it would float.
Temperature. Around 1040°C — hotter than a self-cleaning oven.

How we found it

Discovery. Found by KELT using the transit method.

Cosmic context

Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.

Properties

density gcc: 0.27
discovery facility: KELT
discovery method: Transit
dist ly: 785.1423
eccentricity: 0.22
eq temp k: 1313
insolation: 718.188
mass earth: 165.2716
name: KELT-6 b
orbital period days: 7.8457
radius earth: 14.5717
sys num planets: 2

About KELT-6 b

KELT-6 b is an epic exoplanet. It lies about 785.1 light-years from Earth, has an equilibrium temperature near 1,313 K, spans roughly 14.57 Earth radii and weighs about 165.27 Earth masses.

Its surface is likely an ocean of molten rock.

How to see it

Like any astronomical target, KELT-6 b is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why KELT-6 b is an epic exoplanet

KELT-6 b scores 51 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 17 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 6 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Hot Jupiter, Lava world, Puffy low-density world and Multi-planet system — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.