TrES-1
Exoplanet TrES-1 / TrES-1b |
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Size comparison with Jupiter | |
Constellation | lyre |
Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 19h 04m 09s |
declination | + 36 ° 37 ′ 57 ″ |
Orbit data | |
Central star | GSC 02652-01324 |
Major semi-axis | 0.0393 ± 0.0007 AU |
eccentricity | 0.135 ± 0.096 |
Period of circulation | 3.030065 ± 0.000008 |
Further data | |
radius | 1081 ++ 00:18−0.04 |
Dimensions | 0.61 ± 0.06 |
distance | 157 ± 6 pc |
history | |
Date of discovery | 2004 |
TrES-1 is an exoplanet orbiting the variable star GSC 02652-01324 with a period of 3.0301 days . The orbit around the central star has a major semi-axis of approx. 0.039 astronomical units and an eccentricity of approx. 0.14. The mass of the exoplanet is around 0.8 Jupiter's masses, its radius was determined to be around 1.1 Jupiter radii. The exoplanet was discovered using the transit method as part of the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey in 2004.
See also
swell
- Jackson et al., ApJ 681, pp. 1631ff. (2008)