WASP-3b
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WASP-3b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-3 located approximately 800 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered via the transit method by SuperWASP, and follow up radial velocity observations confirmed that WASP-3b is a planet. 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.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Pl
- Distance
- 753 light-years
- Coordinates
- RA 278.6318° · Dec 35.6615°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Planet.name
- WASP-3b
- Planet.image
- Exoplanet Comparison WASP-3 b.png
- Planet.caption
- Size comparison of WASP-3b with Jupiter.
- Planet.discoverer
- Pollacco et al. (SuperWASP)
- Planet.discovery_site
- ORM
- Planet.discovered
- October 31, 2007
- Planet.discovery_method
- Transit
- Planet.apsis
- astron
- Planet.semimajor
- 0.0317 AU
- Planet.eccentricity
- 0
- Planet.period
- 1.8468372 ± 6e-07 d
- Planet.inclination
- 85.06
- Planet.star
- WASP-3
- Planet.mean_radius
- 1.454 ± 0.084
- Planet.mass
- 2.06 ± 0.13
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WASP-3b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-3 located approximately 800 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered via the transit method by SuperWASP, and follow up radial velocity observations confirmed that WASP-3b is a planet. 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.
WASP-3b undergoes no detectable gravitational tugging from other bodies in this system.
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