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OGLE-TR-56 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/OGLE-TR-56 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

OGLE-TR-56 b

Orbiting OGLE-TR-56

Discovered in 2002 using Transit. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

Generic gas giant catalog artwork; not a direct image of OGLE-TR-56 b — Generic category artwork—not a direct imageApex Andromeda catalog artwork

Discovery: 2,002
Method: Transit
Radius: 15.278 R⊕
Mass: 441.77 M⊕
Orbit: 1.211919 days
Distance: 282.839139 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 1.211919 days
Semi-major axis: 0.02383 AU
Eccentricity: 0
Radius: 15.278 Earth radii
Mass: 441.77 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 0.68 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 2,212 K
Insolation: 3,942.3204 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: OGLE-TR-56
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: F8 V
Stellar temperature: 6,050 K
Stellar radius: 1.363 R☉
Stellar mass: 1.228 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.25 dex
Stellar age: 3 Gyr
Distance: 282.839139 parsecs
Right ascension: 17h56m35.51s
Declination: -29d32m21.2s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2,002
Publication date: 2003-01
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: OGLE
Telescope: 1.3 m Warsaw University Telescope
Instrument: OGLE CCD Array
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Visual archive

Gallery

One image from OGLE-TR-56 b.

Generic gas giant catalog artwork; not a direct image of OGLE-TR-56 b — Apex Andromeda catalog artwork