XO-1b
Sign in to saveAlso known as BD+28 2507b, TOI-2021.01, TIC 236312126b, Negoiu
XO-1b is an extrasolar planet approximately 536 light-years away from Earth.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Pl
- Distance
- 530 light-years
- Coordinates
- RA 240.5494° · Dec 28.1696°
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Key facts
- Planet.name
- XO-1b / Negoiu
- Planet.image
- Exoplanet Comparison XO-1 b.png
- Planet.caption
- Size comparison of XO-1b with Jupiter.
- Planet.discoverer
- Peter R. McCullough et al.
- Planet.discovery_site
- Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii
- Planet.discovered
- 18 May 2006
- Planet.discovery_method
- Transit and Radial velocity
- Planet.apsis
- astron
- Planet.semimajor
- AU
- Planet.period
- d
- Planet.inclination
- 88.8 ± 0.2
- Planet.semi amplitude
- 116 ± 9
- Planet.star
- XO-1
- Planet.mean_radius
- 1.21 ± 0.03
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Transit
- Radial velocity
- Physical characteristics
- See also
- References
- External links
XO-1b is an extrasolar planet approximately 536 light-years away from Earth.
The planet XO-1b is named Negoiu. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Romania, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Negoiu is the second highest peak in Romania.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “XO-1b” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.