COROT-3

COROT-3
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Aquila
Right ascension 19h 28m 13.265s[1]
Declination +00° 07′ 18.62″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.3
Characteristics
Spectral type F3V[1]
Apparent magnitude (B) 13.85 ±0.44[1]
Apparent magnitude (I) 12.54 ±0.04[1]
Apparent magnitude (J) 11.94 ±0.03[1]
Apparent magnitude (H) 11.71 ±0.04[1]
Apparent magnitude (K) 11.62 ±0.03[1]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: -10.8[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 21.8[1] mas/yr
Distance 2200 ly
(680 pc)
Details
Mass 1.37 ±0.09 M
Radius 1.56 ±0.09 R
Temperature 6740 ±140 K
Metallicity -0.02 ±0.06
Age 2 (−0.4+0.8)× 109 years
Other designations
GSC 00465-01645, DENIS-P J192813.2+000718, 2MASS J19281326+0007185, USNO-A2.0 0900-15209129, CoRoT-Exo-3, GSC2.3 N1MO000645, UCAC2 31931545, USNO-B1.0 0901-00488457[1]
Database references
SIMBAD data
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
data

COROT-3 is a white-yellow dwarf main sequence star hotter than our Sun. This star is located approximately 2200 light-years away in the constellation of Aquila. The apparent magnitude of this star is 13, which means it is not visible to the naked eye but can be seen with a medium sized amateur telescope on a clear dark night.[1]

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Planetary system

This star is home to object designated COROT-3b. This object was discovered by the COROT Mission spacecraft using the transit method. Measurements made using the radial velocity method show that this object is probably a brown dwarf.[2]

The COROT-3 system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity
b 21.66 ±1 MJ 0.057 ±0.003 4.2568 ±5e-06 0

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "SIMBAD query result: GSC 00465-01645 -- Star". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=GSC00465-01645. Retrieved 2009-04-27. 
  2. ^ Deleuil et al; Deeg, H. J.; Alonso, R.; Bouchy, F.; Rouan, D.; Auvergne, M.; Baglin, A.; Aigrain, S. et al. (2008). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission . VI. CoRoT-Exo-3b: the first secure inhabitant of the brown-dwarf desert". Astronomy and Astrophysics 491 (3): 889–897. Bibcode 2008A&A...491..889D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810625. 

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Coordinates: 19h 28m 13.265s, +00° 07′ 18.62″