- 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=PublishedWASP-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 toJupiter . 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]
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