TrES-3

Planetary system · 754.5 light-years away

TrES-3 is 755 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G4 V star; the first was found in 2007 by transit (TrES).

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Worth knowing

TrES-3 b goes round its star every 31.3 hours, 67 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG4 V
Surface temperature5,650 K
Mass0.928 solar masses
Radius0.829 solar radii
Luminosity0.625 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.362
Ageabout 0.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun754.5 light-years (231.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 268.0291°, Dec 37.5463°
ConstellationHercules

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
TrES-3 b31.3 hours0.0228 AU14.975 R⊕607.03 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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