OGLE-TR-10

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OGLE-TR-10
OGLE-TR-10 b and Lagoon Nebula.png
Artist's impression of a planetary system OGLE-TR-10.
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Sagittarius
Right ascension 17h 58m 28.25sh 51m 28.25s[1]
Declination –29° 52′ 34.9″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 15.780[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type G2V[1]
Apparent magnitude (V[1]) 15.780
Apparent magnitude (I[1]) 14.92
Variable type EP[2]
Astrometry
Distance ~5000 ly
(~1500 pc)
Details
Mass 1.18 ± 0.04 M
Radius 1.15 ± 0.01 R
Age >1.1× 109 years
Other designations
V5157 Sagittarii, SBC9 2452
Database references
SIMBAD data
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
data

OGLE-TR-10 is a distant, magnitude 16 star in the constellation of Sagittarius. It is located near the Galactic Center.[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.[3]

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Planetary system [edit]

This star is home to OGLE-TR-10b, a transiting planet found by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey in 2002.[3][4]

The OGLE-TR-10 system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 0.63 ±0.14 MJ 0.04162 ±0.00004 3.10129 ±0.00001 0

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References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "SIMBAD query result: V* V5125 Sgr -- Eclipsing Binary Candidate". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2009-04-29. 
  2. ^ "General Catalogue of Variable Stars Query results". Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Sternberg Astronomical Institute. Retrieved 2009-04-30. 
  3. ^ a b Udalski et al.; Zebrun, K.; Szymanski, M.; Kubiak, M.; Soszynski, I.; Szewczyk, O.; Wyrzykowski, L.; Pietrzynski, G. (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: 115–128. arXiv:astro-ph/0207133. Bibcode:2002AcA....52..115U. 
  4. ^ Konacki et al.; Torres, Guillermo; Sasselov, Dimitar D.; Jha, Saurabh (2005). "A Transiting Extrasolar Giant Planet around the Star OGLE-TR-10". The Astrophysical Journal 624 (1): 372–377. arXiv:astro-ph/0412400. Bibcode:2005ApJ...624..372K. doi:10.1086/429127. 

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Coordinates: Sky map 17h 51m 28.25s, −29° 52′ 34.9″