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TrES-4b is an exoplanet. It was discovered in 2006, and announced in 2007, by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey, using the transit method. At the time of its discovery TrES-4 was the largest confirmed exoplanet ever found; now more than 10 larger planets have been discovered. It is approximately away orbiting the star GSC 02620-00648, in the constellation Hercules.

Key facts

Planet.name
TrES-4b
Planet.image
TrES-4.jpg
Planet.caption
Size comparison of TrES-4 with Jupiter
Planet.discoverer
Mandushev et al
Planet.discovered
2006–2007
Planet.discovery_method
Transit
Planet.apsis
astron
Planet.eccentricity
0
Planet.period
3.553945 ± 0.000075 d
Planet.inclination
82.86 ± 0.33
Planet.semi amplitude
86.1
Planet.star
GSC 02620-00648 A
Planet.surface_grav
0.718 ± 0.114 g
Planet.single_temperature
(, equilibrium)

via Wikipedia infobox

Exoplanet data

Host star
TrES-4
Discovered
2007
Discovered by
TrES
Orbital period
3.55 days
Radius
18.05 × Earth
Mass
247.91 × Earth
Equilibrium temp
1778 K
Distance
515.98 pc

via NASA Exoplanet Archive

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Orbit
  • Physical characteristics
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

TrES-4b is an exoplanet. It was discovered in 2006, and announced in 2007, by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey, using the transit method. At the time of its discovery TrES-4 was the largest confirmed exoplanet ever found; now more than 10 larger planets have been discovered. It is approximately away orbiting the star GSC 02620-00648, in the constellation Hercules.

==Orbit== TrES-4 orbits its primary star every 3.543 days and eclipses it when viewed from Earth.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TrES-4 b” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.