HAT-P-3

HAT-P-3
Observation data
Epoch 2000      Equinox 2000
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension 13h 44m 22.585s[1]
Declination +48° 01′ 43.18″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.86[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type K[2]
Apparent magnitude (B) 12.53 ±0.20[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.86 ±0.15[1]
Apparent magnitude (J) 9.936 ±0.022[1]
Apparent magnitude (H) 9.542 ±0.028[1]
Apparent magnitude (K) 9.448 ±0.025[1]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: -23.3 ±2.9[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -24.0 ±2.6[1] mas/yr
Distance 457 ±42 ly
(140 ±13 pc)
Details
Mass 0.936 (−0.062+0.036) M
Radius 0.824 (−0.035+0.043) R
Temperature 5185 (± 46) K
Metallicity 0.27 (± 0.04)
Age 0.4 × 109 years
Other designations
GSC 03466-00819, 2MASS J13442258+4801432, 1SWASP J134422.58+480143.2, TYC 3466-819-1
Database references
SIMBAD data
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
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HAT-P-3, also referred to by the designation GSC 03466-00819 is a star located about 450 light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. At a magnitude of about 12 it is not visible to the naked eye but is visible in a small to medium-sized amateur telescope. This is a younger metal rich orange dwarf star.[1]

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Planetary system

This star is home to the extrasolar planet HAT-P-3b discovered by the transit method.[2]

The HAT-P-3 system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity
b 0.599±0.028 MJ 0.03894±0.0007 2.899703±5.4e-05 0

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "SIMBAD query result: NAME HAT-P-3 -- Star". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=03466-00819. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 
  2. ^ a b Torres et al.; Bakos, G. Á.; Kovács, G.; Latham, D. W.; Fernández, J. M.; Noyes, R. W.; Esquerdo, G. A.; Sozzetti, A. et al. (September 10, 2007). "HAT-P-3b: A Heavy-Element-rich Planet Transiting a K Dwarf Star". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 666 (2): L121–L124. Bibcode 2007ApJ...666L.121T. doi:10.1086/521792. http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1538-4357/666/2/L121/. 

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Coordinates: 13h 44m 23s, +48° 01′ 43″