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XO-3

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XO-3
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Camelopardalis[1]
Right ascension Template:RA[2]
Declination Template:DEC[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.80 ± 0.03[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence[2]
Spectral type F5V[3]
Apparent magnitude (B) 10.25 ± 0.03[3]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.80 ± 0.03[3]
Apparent magnitude (J) 9.013 ± 0.029[4]
Apparent magnitude (H) 8.845 ± 0.018[4]
Apparent magnitude (K) 8.791 ± 0.019[4]
Astrometry
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Parallax (π)4.8687±0.0261 mas[2]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
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Details[5]
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TemperatureScript error: No such module "val". K
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Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
XO-3, Template:Odlist[6]
Database references
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Exoplanet Archivedata

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XO-3 is a star Script error: No such module "convert". away in the constellation Camelopardalis. The star has a magnitude of 10 and is not visible to the naked eye but is visible through a small telescope.[3] A search for a binary companion star using adaptive optics at the MMT Observatory was negative.[7]

Planetary system

In 2007 the gas giant exoplanet XO-3b was discovered by the XO Telescope using the transit method. This object may be classed as a brown dwarf because of its high mass, near the Template:Jupiter mass limit for deuterium fusion.[3][8] The planetary orbit is misaligned from the stellar rotation.[9][10]

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References

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