Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2007

XO-3 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white XO-3, located approximately 694.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,217.58 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 19.27 g
  • An orbital period of 3.192 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0482 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,890 K (1617 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 694.89 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.076
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,254,299 years

XO-3 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.320 R♃
Mass
4,217.58 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
13.270 M♃
Density
7.16 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
19.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.076
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2007
Method Transit
Facility XO
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#254of 1771

top 14.3%

This planet

14.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth XO-3 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,217.58317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.161.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0019.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,161.720.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4,217.583 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 4,138.126 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 8400842

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 470650560777348352

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 470650560779277952

System

XO-3

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.796 R⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,217.583 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.19 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1533
Distance 213.05 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.076 · percentile 16 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.192 days
Semi-major axis
0.0482 AU
Eccentricity
0.279
Inclination
83.66 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.19 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0481 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.820 %

Duration

2.964 h

Impact parameter b

0.730

Rp / R★

0.089050

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,424.9879

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,200 ppm lasting ≈ 2.96 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.089050

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.797

Impact parameter (b)

0.730

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1,471.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,424.9879

Long. of periastron (ω)

-10.84°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

40.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22600

Eq. Temperature

1,890K

(1617 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,161.72

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.076

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johns Krull et al. 2008

Instrument

Apogee CCD Array

Publication

2008-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: XO-3

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,970 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.97 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.523 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.449 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.234 dex

Stellar density

0.578 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-12.03 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

18.63 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
213.05 parsec
Light-years 694.89 ly
V-band magnitude
9.85 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,254,299 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.410.310.27B9.85V9.74Gaia9.44TESS9.01J8.85H8.79K8.75W18.77W28.74W38.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.666 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.728 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.221 · y = 0.485 · z = 0.846

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 65.46958° · Dec 57.81721°

Galactic ℓ, b

148.097° · 5.628°

Ecliptic λ, β

74.192° · 35.716°

HTM-20 index

-2112513671

Observation Record

Photometric series

50

RV measurements

4

Emission spectra

21

Archive notes

2

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