WASP-3b
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WASP-3b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-3 located over 727 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.[1]
In 2010, measurements of transit timing variations of the planet WASP-3b were used to infer the presence of a second planet in the system, designated WASP-3c.[2] The discoverers note that further observations are needed to confirm the existence of this second planet.[3]
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References
- ^ * Pollacco; Skillen, I.; Collier Cameron, A.; Loeillet, B.; Stempels, H. C.; Bouchy, F.; Gibson, N. P.; Hebb, L.; Hébrard, G.; et al. (2008). "WASP-3b: a strongly irradiated transiting gas-giant planet". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 385 (3): 1576–1584. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12939.x.
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- ^ G.Maciejewski, D.Dimitrov, R.Neuhaeuser, A.Niedzielski, St.Raetz, Ch.Ginski, Ch.Adam, C.Marka, M.Moualla, M.Mugrauer (2010). "Transit timing variation in exoplanet WASP-3b". v1. arXiv:1006.1348 [astro-ph.EP].
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- UK planet hunters announce three new finds (PDF requires acrobat reader)
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