OGLE-TR-56

OGLE-TR-56
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
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 1500 parsecs 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] 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 2 3 4 "SIMBAD query result: V* V5157 Sgr -- Star showing eclipses by its planet". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
  2. 1 2 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. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
  4. 1 2 3 4 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. arXiv:astro-ph/0610827Freely accessible. Bibcode:2007A&A...465.1069P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066645.
  5. 1 2 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. arXiv:astro-ph/0207133Freely accessible. Bibcode:2002AcA....52..115U.
  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. arXiv:astro-ph/0306542Freely accessible. Bibcode:2003ApJ...597.1076K. doi:10.1086/378561.
  7. ↑ Konacki, Maciej; et al. (2003). "An extrasolar planet that transits the disk of its parent star" (PDF). Nature. 421 (6922): 507–509. Bibcode:2003Natur.421..507K. doi:10.1038/nature01379. PMID 12556885.

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


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