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Old June 17th 07, 08:36 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Jason H.
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Default TrES-3 - transits every 31 hours (2.5% brightness dip), 1500 Kelvins, 800 L.Y. away

Several articles online, a release and a paper from an international
team of astronomers announce the discovery by the Trans-atlantic
Exoplanet Survey of TrES-3. TrES-3 is a transiting planet that they
report blocks about 2.5 percent of the light of the star during a
transit and is about 800 L.Y. and very hot at 1,500 degrees Kelvin.

Some articles:

Article - Massive Transiting Planet with 31-hour Year Found Around
Distant Star
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ma..._Star_999.html

Newly Discovered Planet Orbits in Just 31 Hours
http://www.universetoday.com/categor...solar-planets/

Article - Astronomers Overwhelmed by Flood of New Planets
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281703,00.html

And from the source - TrES-3 and the Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~ftod/tres/tres3.html

Their paper's abstract -
TrES-3: A Nearby, Massive, Transiting Hot Jupiter in a 31-Hour Orbit
http://arxiv.org/abs/0705.2004

And the pre-print paper itself -
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/...705.2004v1.pdf

Keep searching, Jason H.

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