SWEEPS-10This is a red dwarf with the shortest orbit period of a planet known so far. The gas giant with 1.6 times the mass of Jupiter and 1.24 times its diameter orbits the star every 10 hours in a distance of 0.008 AU. On its surface it should be about 2000 Kelvin hot.Constellation: Sagittarius Distance: 6500 light-years Visual magnitude: 23.4 Mass: 0.44 * Sun Diameter: 0.41 * Sun Back: List of Exoplanets 01/30/2007 |
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