The farthest planet from the Earth – OGLE-TR-56b

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Dimitar Sasselov – in 2002 sighted the farthest planet from the Earth discovered until then – OGLE-TR-56b.

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OGLE-TR-56b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 1500 parsecs away in the constellation of Sagittarius, orbiting the star OGLE-TR-56. This planet was the first known exoplanet to be discovered with the transit method. The object was discovered by the OGLE project, announced on July 5, 2002[2] and confirmed on January 4, 2003 by the Doppler technique.[3]

The period of this confirmed planet was the shortest until the confirmed discovery of WASP-12b on April 1, 2008.[4] The short period and proximity of the OGLE-TR-56 b to its host mean it belongs to a class of objects known as hot Jupiters.

The planet is theorized to have iron rain.[5]

References

1.   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.
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/0207133. Bibcode:2002AcA….52..115U.
3. 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/0306542. Bibcode:2003ApJ…597.1076K. doi:10.1086/378561.
4. Hebb, L.; et al. (2009). “WASP-12b: THE HOTTEST TRANSITING EXTRASOLAR PLANET YET DISCOVERED”. The Astrophysical Journal. 693 (2): 1920–1928. arXiv:0812.3240. Bibcode:2009ApJ…693.1920H. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/693/2/1920.
5. Harvard University and Smithsonian Institution (2003-01-08). “New World of Iron Rain”. Astrobiology Magazine. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
6. Wikipedia article.

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