OGLE-TR-56

Planetary system · 922.5 light-years away

OGLE-TR-56 is 923 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F8 V star; the first was found in 2002 by transit (OGLE).

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Worth knowing

OGLE-TR-56 b goes round its star every 29.1 hours, 73 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF8 V
Surface temperature6,050 K
Mass1.228 solar masses
Radius1.363 solar radii
Luminosity2.239 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.3
Ageabout 3 billion years
Distance from the Sun922.5 light-years (282.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 269.1480°, Dec -29.5392°
ConstellationSagittarius

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
OGLE-TR-56 b29.1 hours0.0238 AU15.278 R⊕441.77 M⊕Transit, 2002

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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