- TrES-3
Planetbox begin
name = TrES-3 Planetbox star
star =GSC 03089-00929
constell = Hercules
RA = RA|17|52|07
DEC = DEC|+37|32|46
dist_ly = 1300 ± 600
dist_pc = 400 ± 200
class = G Planetbox orbit
semimajor = 0.0226 ± 0.0013
eccentricity =
period = 1.30619 ± 0.00005
inclination = 82.15
ang_dist = 0.06Planetbox character
mass = 1.92 ± 0.23
radius = 1.295 ± 0.081
density = 1172
gravity_earth = 2.7
temperature = Planetbox discovery
discovery_date = 2007
discoverers = O'Donovan et al.
discovery_method = Transit
discovery_status=PublishedTrES-3 is an
extrasolar planet orbiting the starGSC 03089-00929 . It has an orbital period of just 31 hours and is undergoingorbital decay due to tidal effects. It is a very massive planet, nearly twice the mass ofJupiter .It is the third transiting planet found by the
Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey . It was discovered in the constellation Hercules about 10 degrees west ofVega , the brightest star in the summer skies. The planet's home star is slightly smaller and cooler than the Sun. The 'year' is less than one and a third days, one of the shortest known.References
*Cite journal| journal=Astrophysical Journal Letters| title=TrES-3: A Nearby, Massive, Transiting Hot Jupiter in a 31-Hour Orbit| first=Francis T.| last= O'Donovan| coauthors=David Charbonneau, Gáspár Á. Bakos, Georgi Mandushev, Edward W. Dunham, Timothy M. Brown, David W. Latham, Guillermo Torres, Alessandro Sozzetti, Géza Kovács, Mark E. Everett, Nairn Baliber, Márton G. Hidas, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Markus Rabus, Hans J. Deeg, Juan A. Belmonte, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Robert P. Stefanik| url=http://arxiv.org/abs/0705.2004v1| year=2007| doi=10.1086/519793| volume=663| pages=L37
External links
* [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070531114321.htm Massive Transiting Planet With 31-hour Year Found Around Distant Star]
* [http://www.exoplanet.eu/planet.php?p1=TrES-3&p2= Notes for planet TrES-3]
* [http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Photometry-TrES-3-20080503.htm TrES-3 light curve using differential photometry]
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