KELT-3b: A HOT JUPITER TRANSITING A<i>V</i>= 9.8 LATE-F STAR
KELT-3b: A HOT JUPITER TRANSITING A<i>V</i>= 9.8 LATE-F STAR
We report the discovery of KELT-3b, a moderately inflated transiting hot Jupiter with a mass of 1.477 (-0.067, +0.066) M_J, and radius of 1.345 +/- 0.072 R_J, with an orbital period of 2.7033904 +/- 0.000010 days. The host star, KELT-3, is a V=9.8 late F star with M_* = 1.278 …