Astronomy:OGLE-TR-56

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Short description: Star in the constellation Sagittarius
OGLE-TR-56
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Sagittarius
Right ascension  17h 56m 35.51s[1]
Declination –29° 32′ 21.2″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 16.560<[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type G[2]
Variable type EP[3]
Astrometry
Distance~5,000 ly
(~1,500 pc)
Details
Mass1.17 ± 0.04[4] M
Radius1.32 ± 0.06[4] R
Other designations
V5157 Sagittarii, SBC9 2452
Database references
SIMBADdata
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
data

OGLE-TR-56 is a dim, distant, magnitude 17 Sun-like star located approximately 1,500 parsecs (4,900 light-years) away in the constellation of Sagittarius.[1] This star is listed as an eclipsing type variable star with the eclipse due to the passage of the planet as noted in the discovery papers.[5]

Planetary system

In 2002, a possible planet was discovered transiting the star,[5] and after additional observations to rule out false positives, it was confirmed. At the time of discovery it was the shortest-period planet.[6][7]

The OGLE-TR-56 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 1.29 ± 0.12[4] MJ 0.0225 ± 0.0004[2] 1.211909 ± 0.000001[4] 0

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "SIMBAD query result: V* V5157 Sgr -- Star showing eclipses by its planet". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=OGLE-TR-56. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Planet : OGLE-TR-56 b, Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Accessed on line August 22, 2008.
  3. "General Catalogue of Variable Stars Query results". Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Sternberg Astronomical Institute. http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/cgi-bin/search.cgi?search=+V5157+Sgr+. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Pont, F. et al. (2007). "The "666" collaboration on OGLE transits I. Accurate radius of the planets OGLE-TR-10b and OGLE-TR-56b with VLT deconvolution photometry". Astronomy and Astrophysics 465 (3): 1069–1074. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066645. Bibcode2007A&A...465.1069P. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Udalski, A. et al. (2002). "The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Search for Planetary and Low-Luminosity Object Transits in the Galactic Disk. Results of 2001 Campaign - Supplement". Acta Astronomica 52 (2): 115–128. Bibcode2002AcA....52..115U. http://acta.astrouw.edu.pl/Vol52/n2/a_52_2_1.html. 
  6. Konacki, Maciej et al. (2003). "High-Resolution Spectroscopic Follow-up of OGLE Planetary Transit Candidates in the Galactic Bulge: Two Possible Jupiter-Mass Planets and Two Blends". The Astrophysical Journal 597 (2): 1076–1091. doi:10.1086/378561. Bibcode2003ApJ...597.1076K. 
  7. Konacki, Maciej et al. (2003). "An extrasolar planet that transits the disk of its parent star" (PDF). Nature 421 (6922): 507–509. doi:10.1038/nature01379. PMID 12556885. Bibcode2003Natur.421..507K. https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~sasselov/exopl/og56.taf. 

External links

Coordinates: Sky map 17h 56m 35.51s, −29° 32′ 21.2″