WASP-3b

Planetbox begin
name = WASP-3b Planetbox star
star = WASP-3
constell = Lyra
RA=RA|18|33|32
DEC=DEC|+35|39|42
dist_ly = 727
dist_pc = 223
class = F7V Planetbox orbit
semimajor = 0.0317±|0.0006|0.001
period = 1.846834±|0.000002|0.000002
t_peri = 2454143.8503 ± 0.0003Planetbox character
mass = 1.76±|0.06|0.14
radius = 1.31±|0.07|0.14 Planetbox discovery
discovery_date = October 31, 2007
discoverers = Pollacco et al. (SuperWASP)
discovery_site = La Palma
discovery_method = Transit
discovery_status=Published

WASP-3b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-3 located over 727 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. The planet's mass and radius indicate that it is a gas giant with a similar bulk composition to Jupiter. WASP-3b has such an orbital distance around its star to classify it in the class of planets known as hot Jupiters and has an atmospheric temperature of approximately 1983 K.

ee also

* SuperWASP
* Hot Jupiter

References

* ( [http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/0711.0126 web Preprint] ) [http://www.superwasp.org/press_release2/WASP2007_national_pressV5.pdf UK planet hunters announce three new finds] (PDF requires acrobat reader) [http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=WASP-3 WASP-3]

External links

* [http://www.superwasp.org "'SuperWASP Homepage]
* [http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Photometry-WASP-3-20080613.htm WASP-3 light curve using differential photometry]