Lupus-TR-3

Planetary system · 2522.5 light-years away

Lupus-TR-3 is 2,523 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,000 K star; the first was found in 2007 by transit (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

Lupus-TR-3 b goes round its star every 3.91 days, 22 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,000 K
Mass0.87 solar masses
Radius0.82 solar radii
Luminosity0.03436 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude19.6202
Distance from the Sun2522.5 light-years (773.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 232.5775°, Dec -42.9799°
ConstellationLupus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Lupus-TR-3 b3.91 days0.0464 AU9.976 R⊕257.43 M⊕Transit, 2007

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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