WASP-3

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WASP-3
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Lyra
Right ascension 18h 34m 31.6249s[1]
Declination +35° 39′ 41.546″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +10.485[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type F7V[1]
Apparent magnitude (B) ~11.01[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) ~10.485[1]
Apparent magnitude (J) 9.603±0.020[1]
Apparent magnitude (H) 9.407±0.014[1]
Apparent magnitude (K) 9.361±0.015[1]
Variable type V*(1SWASP)[1]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: -5.20[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -23.10[1] mas/yr
Distance 727 ly
(223 pc)
Details
Mass 1.24 −0.11+0.06 M
Radius 1.31 −0.12+0.06 R
Temperature 6400 ±100 K
Metallicity 0 (±0.2
Other designations
TYC 2636-195-1, 2MASS J18343163+3539415, USNO-B1.0 1256-00285133
Database references
SIMBAD data
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
data

WASP-3 is a magnitude 10 yellow-white dwarf star located about 727 light-years away in the Lyra constellation.[1] It appears to be variable; it "passed from a less active (log R'_hk=-4.95) to a more active (log R'_hk=-4.8) state between 2007 and 2010".[2]

Planetary system

The extrasolar planet WASP-3b was detected by the SuperWASP project in 2007.[3] The William Herschel Telescope had confirmed it was a planet by 2008.

In 2010, researchers proposed a second planet orbiting WASP-3.[4][5] But in 2012 this proposal was debunked.[2]

The WASP-3 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 2.06 ± 0.13 MJ 0.0313 ± 0.0001 1.8468372 ± 6e-07 0

See also

References

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  4. Planet found tugging on transits, Astronomy Now, 9 July 2010
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External links

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Coordinates: Sky map 18h 34m 31.6249s, +35° 39′ 41.546″