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Also known as XO-4b, TOI-1721b, TOI-1721.01, TIC 51234631b

XO-4b is an extrasolar planet approximately 956 light years away in the constellation of Lynx. This planet was found by the transit method by McCullough in May 2008. The planet has mass and radius . This planet orbits very close to the F-type parent star, as it is typical for transiting planets, classing this planet as Hot Jupiter.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Pl
Distance
863 light-years
Coordinates
RA 110.3882° · Dec 58.2681°
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Key facts

Planet.name
XO-4b Hämarik
Planet.image
Exoplanet Comparison XO-4 b.png
Planet.caption
Size comparison of XO-4b with Jupiter.
Planet.discoverer
McCullough et al.
Planet.discovery_site
Maui, Hawaii
Planet.discovered
May 19, 2008
Planet.discovery_method
Transit
Planet.apsis
astron
Planet.eccentricity
0.0024
Planet.period
4.12502 ± 2e-5 d0.011293 y
Planet.inclination
88.7 ± 1.1
Planet.star
XO-4
Planet.mean_radius
1.34 ± 0.048
Planet.mass
1.72 ± 0.2
Planet.single_temperature
~1333

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Wikidata facts

Radius
1.317
Mass
1.616
Orbital period
4.12473
Image
Exoplanet Comparison XO-4 b.png
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catalog code
TOI-1721b
Commons category
XO-4 b
time of discovery or invention
2010-11-00
right ascension
110.38816754588707
declination
58.26808658469027
name
Hämarik
orbital eccentricity
0.002
semi-major axis of an orbit
0.05485
orbital inclination
88.47
angular distance
0.000189
temperature
1641.0
right ascension component of proper motion
-16.989
declination component of proper motion
5.310
parallax
3.6392
argument of periapsis
240
M sin i
1.615
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Contents
  • Orbit
  • Naming
  • See also
  • References
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XO-4b is an extrasolar planet approximately 956 light years away in the constellation of Lynx. This planet was found by the transit method by McCullough in May 2008. The planet has mass and radius . This planet orbits very close to the F-type parent star, as it is typical for transiting planets, classing this planet as Hot Jupiter.

==Orbit== It takes only 4.125 days (or 99 hours) to orbit at a distance of 8.3 gigameters (0.0555 AU) away from the star.

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