Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Lyra |
Right ascension | 18h 34m 31.6241s [1] |
Declination | +35° 39′ 41.488″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.63 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F7V [3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.07 [2] |
Apparent magnitude (J) | 9.603±0.020 [3] |
Apparent magnitude (H) | 9.407±0.014 [3] |
Apparent magnitude (K) | 9.361±0.015 [3] |
Variable type | EP [3] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −4.896±1.058
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −21.664±0.686 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 4.07 ± 0.32 mas [1] |
Distance | 800 ± 60
ly (250 ± 20 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 | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
WASP-3 is a magnitude 10 yellow-white dwarf star located about 800 light-years away in the Lyra constellation. [3] 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". [4]
The extrasolar planet WASP-3b was detected by the SuperWASP project in 2007. [5] The William Herschel Telescope had confirmed it was a planet by 2008.
In 2010, researchers proposed a second planet orbiting WASP-3. [6] [7] But in 2012 this proposal was debunked. [4]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass |
Semimajor axis ( AU) |
Orbital period ( days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b | 2.06 ± 0.13 MJ | 0.0313 ± 0.0001 | 1.8468372 ± 6e-07 | 0 | — | — |