TEPCat: XO-3


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system XO-3. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2008ApJ...677..657J  
Date of discovery paper 2007 / 10 / 17 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery XO  
Right ascension 04 21 52.70 h m s
Declination +57 49 01.9 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 65.46958 degrees
Declination (decimal) 57.81719 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 9.91 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 8.79 mag
Transit duration 0.12334
( 2.9602 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.84 %
Time of mid-transit   2454721.14865 ± 0.00014     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 3.191526 ± 0.00000005 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2022ExA....53..547K  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6471 +83 −82 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.18 ± 0.08 dex
Stellar mass 1.219 +0.090 −0.095   Msun
Stellar radius 1.371 +0.041 −0.042 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.249 +0.017 −0.018 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.471 +0.023 −0.021
( 0.665 +0.032 −0.030 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.2853 +0.0027 −0.0026  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0455 +0.0011 −0.0012  AU
Planetary mass 11.92 +0.59 −0.63
( 37892 +1876 −2003 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 1.219 +0.039 −0.040
( 13.66 + 0.44 − 0.45 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity 1986 +8.4 −7.2
5.298 +0.002 −0.002
m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 6.14 +0.41 −0.38
( 8.14 +0.54 −0.50 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1714 ± 26 K
Reference of detailed study 2022AJ....163..158W  

 

Entries in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements:
 
Reference λ (degrees)
Hébrard et al. (2008)   70   ±   15  
Winn et al. (2009)   37.3   ±   3.7  
Hirano et al. (2011)   37.3   ±   3.0  

 

 


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