Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2007

TrES-3 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TrES-3, located approximately 754.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.98 Earth radii
  • A mass of 607.03 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.71 g
  • An orbital period of 1.306 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0228 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,638 K (1365 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 754.52 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.080
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,305,951 years

TrES-3 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.98 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.336 R♃
Mass
607.03 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.910 M♃
Density
0.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.71 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.080
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2007
Method Transit
Facility TrES
Telescope 0.10 m Schmidt Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#233of 1771

top 13.1%

This planet

14.98R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TrES-3 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.9811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00607.03317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.712.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,025.500.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 607.030 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 116264089

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4609131509318715136

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4609131509318715136

System

TrES-3

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.975 R⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1771
Mass 607.030 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.31 d · percentile 2 / cohort 1533
Distance 231.34 pc · percentile 54 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.080 · percentile 18 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.306 days
Semi-major axis
0.0228 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
81.85 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.31 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0228 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.739 %

Duration

1.418 h

Impact parameter b

0.840

Rp / R★

0.165500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,185.9104

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 27,390 ppm lasting ≈ 1.42 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.165500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.926

Impact parameter (b)

0.840

RV semi-amplitude (K)

369.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,185.9104

Long. of periastron (ω)

270.50°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09860

Eq. Temperature

1,638K

(1365 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,025.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.080

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

O Donovan et al. 2007

Instrument

2K CCD Sensor

Publication

2007-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TrES-3

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,650 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.829 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.928 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

2.304 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

10.84 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.50 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.540

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
231.34 parsec
Light-years 754.52 ly
V-band magnitude
12.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,305,951 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.713.012.99B12.36V12.20Gaia11.72TESS11.60Ic11.02J10.66H10.61K10.57W110.61W210.54W38.65W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.294 mas

Total Proper Motion

42.583 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-24.53 mas/yr

PM Declination

34.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.027 · y = -0.792 · z = 0.609

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 268.02911° · Dec 37.54633°

Galactic ℓ, b

63.340° · 27.290°

Ecliptic λ, β

266.776° · 60.964°

HTM-20 index

1543705633

Observation Record

Photometric series

64

RV measurements

2

Transmission spectra

3

Emission spectra

9

Archive notes

2

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