SWEEPS-11
{{Short description|Hot Jupiter orbiting SWEEPS J175902.67-291153.5}}
{{Infobox planet
| name = SWEEPS - 11
| image = Exoplanet Comparison SWEEPS-11 b.png
| caption = Size comparison of SWEEPS-11 with Jupiter.
| discovered = October 4, 2006
| discovery_method = Transit
| apsis = astron
| semimajor = {{convert|0.03|AU|km|abbr=on}}
| period = 1.796 d
| inclination = >84
| star = SWEEPS J175902.67−291153.5
| mean_radius = 1.13±0.21 {{Jupiter radius|link=y}}
| mass = 9.7±5.6 {{Jupiter mass|link=y}}
}}
SWEEPS-11 is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star SWEEPS J175902.67−291153.5 in the constellation Sagittarius, approximately 27,710 light years away from the Solar System (based on a distance modulus of 14.1), making it (along with SWEEPS-04) the most distant exoplanet(s) known.{{Cite web |title=HEC: Top 10 Exoplanets |url=http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog/top10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224149/http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog/top10 |archive-date=17 December 2013 |access-date=16 July 2018 |website=Planetary Habitability Laboratory @ UPR Arecibo}} This planet was found in 2006 by the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search (SWEEPS) program that uses the transit method.
This hot Jupiter has a mass 9.7 times that of Jupiter and a radius of 1.13 times that of Jupiter, but the uncertainty in this value is large, around 21%. The planet orbits at about 1.75 times closer to the star than 51 Pegasi b is to 51 Pegasi, taking only 1.8 days or 43 hours to orbit the star. It is also the most distant planet yet discovered.
See also
References
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|SWEEPS-11 b|SWEEPS-11}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071106060610/http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=SWEEPS-11 The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: Notes for planet SWEEPS-11]
{{Sky|17|59|02.67|-|29|11|53.5|22000}}
{{Sagittarius (constellation)}}
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Category:Sagittarius (constellation)
Category:Transiting exoplanets
Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2006
Category:Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search
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