XO-1

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XO-1
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Corona Borealis[1]
Right ascension 16h 02m 11.847s[2]
Declination +28° 10′ 10.44″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.19 ± 0.03[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type G1V[3]
Apparent magnitude (B) 11.85 ± 0.04[3]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.19 ± 0.03[3]
Apparent magnitude (J) 9.939 ± 0.022[4]
Apparent magnitude (H) 9.601 ± 0.017[4]
Apparent magnitude (K) 9.527 ± 0.015[4]
Variable type Planetary transit variable[3]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: –17.9 ± 0.7[2] mas/yr
Dec.: 15.2 ± 0.6[2] mas/yr
Distance 561 ± 39[5] ly
(172 ± 12[5] pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV) 5.02+0.14
−0.16
[5]
Details
Mass 1.027+0.057
−0.061
[5] M
Radius 0.94 ± 0.02[6] R
Luminosity 0.86+0.12
−0.10
[5] L
Surface gravity (log g) 4.50 ± 0.01[7] cgs
Temperature 5738 ± 65[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H] –0.06 ± 0.07[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i) 1.1 ± 1.0[7] km/s
Age 1.0+3.1
−0.9
[5] Gyr
Other designations
TYC 2041-1657-1, GSC 02041-01657, 1SWASP J160211.83+281010.4, BD+28 2507, 2MASS J16021184+2810105[8]

XO-1 is a magnitude 11 yellow dwarf star located approximately 560 light-years away[5] 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.[3]

Planetary system

The XO Project is an international team of professional and amateur astronomers which discovered the Jupiter-sized planet orbiting around XO-1. The team, led by Peter McCullough of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, includes four amateur astronomers from North America and Europe. The planet was confirmed using the Harlan J. Smith Telescope and Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas.[3] An independent confirmation of the planet was made by the SuperWASP project.[9]

Further observations with the NICMOS instrument on board the Hubble Space Telescope detected the presence of water vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of XO-1b.[10] However an independent reinvestigation of the same data was unable to reproduce these results.[11]

The XO-1 planetary system[6]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
XO-1b 0.92 ± 0.08 MJ 0.049 ± 0.001 3.94150685 ± 0.00000091 0(assumed) [note 1]

See also

Notes

  1. eccentricity approximately equal to zero is expected theoretically and is consistent with the radial velocities[3]

References

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External links

Coordinates: Sky map 16h 02m 12s, +28° 10′ 11″