Moldoveanu
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XO-1 is a magnitude 11 G-type main-sequence star located approximately 530 light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. XO-1 has a mass and radius similar to the Sun. In 2006 the extrasolar planet XO-1b was discovered orbiting XO-1 by the transit method using the XO Telescope.
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 200
- Radius
- 0.928
- Mass
- 1
- Image
- XO-1b.jpg
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- catalog code
- TIC 236312126
- effective temperature
- 5731
- parallax
- 6.1489
- apparent magnitude
- 11.003223
- radial velocity
- 0.1
- spectral class
- G1V
- metallicity
- -0.08
- stellar rotational velocity
- 1.7
- surface gravity
- 32000
- name
- Moldoveanu
- luminosity
- 0.8139595
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -17.349
- declination component of proper motion
- 14.78
- right ascension
- 240.54935930108
- declination
- 28.16956116707
- age estimated by a dating method
- 4.5
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XO-1 is a magnitude 11 G-type main-sequence star located approximately 530 light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. XO-1 has a mass and radius similar to the Sun. In 2006 the extrasolar planet XO-1b was discovered orbiting XO-1 by the transit method using the XO Telescope.
The star XO-1 is named Moldoveanu. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Romania, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Moldoveanu is the highest peak in Romania.