XO-3

Planetary system · 694.9 light-years away · also TYC 3727-1064-1

XO-3 is 695 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F5V star; the first was found in 2007 by transit (XO).

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Worth knowing

XO-3 b goes round its star every 3.19 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF5V
Surface temperature6,970 K
Mass1.449 solar masses
Radius1.523 solar radii
Luminosity4.92 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.854
Ageabout 0.97 billion years
Distance from the Sun694.9 light-years (213.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 65.4696°, Dec 57.8172°
ConstellationCamelopardalis

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
XO-3 b3.19 days0.0481 AU14.796 R⊕4217.6 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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