- Lupus-TR-3b
Planetbox begin
name = Lupus-TR-3bPlanetbox star
star =Lupus-TR-3
constell = Lupus
RA = RA|15|30|18.67
DEC = DEC|−42|58|46.5
dist_ly = 8950
dist_pc = 2744
class = K1VPlanetbox orbit
semimajor = 0.0464 ± 0.0007
eccentricity = 0
period = 3.91405 ± 4e-5
inclination = 88.3+1.3-0.8
t_peri = 2453887.0818
semi-amp = 114 ± 25Planetbox character
mass = 0.81 ± 0.18
radius = 0.89 ± 0.07
density = 1400 ± 400 Planetbox discovery
discovery_date = November 12, 2007
discoverers = Weldrake et al.
discovery_site = Harvard-Smithsonian Center
for Astrophysics
discovery_method = transit
discovery_status=Published Lupus-TR-3b is anexoplanet discovered on November 12, 2007 by Weldrake et al. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) who used the transit method. It orbits around a V=17.4 K1Vorange dwarf star Lupus-TR-3 in theconstellation Lupus at a distance of 8950light year s away from thesolar system . It has four-fifths the mass ofJupiter , nine-tenths the radius, and has density of 1.4 g/cm³. This planet is a typical “Hot Jupiter ” as it orbits at 0.0464 AU distance from the star, taking 3.9 days to orbit. It is currently the faintest ground-based detection of a transiting planet.References
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External links
* [http://exoplanet.eu/planet.php?p1=Lupus-TR-3&p2=b The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: Lupus-TR-3 b]
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