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]
WASP-3b undergoes no detectable gravitational tugging from other bodies in this system.[2]
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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. arXiv:0711.0126. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.385.1576P. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12939.x.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help) (web Preprint) - ^ M Montalto; et al. (Nov. 2, 2012). "A new analysis of the WASP-3 system: no evidence for an additional companion". MNRAS. arXiv:1211.0218. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427.2757M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21926.x.
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