Sweeps-11

SWEEPS - 11

Size comparison of SWEEPS-11 with Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered by	Sahu et al.[1]
Discovery date	October 4, 2006
Detection method	Transit
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.03 AU (4,500,000 km)
Orbital period	1.796 d
Inclination	>84
Star	SWEEPS J175902.67−291153.5
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	1.13±0.21 |♃|J}}}}}}
Mass	9.7±5.6 |♃|J}}}}}}

SWEEPS-11 is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star SWEEPS J175902.67−291153.5 in the constellation Sagittarius, approximately 27,710 light years away from the Solar System (based on a distance modulus of 14.1), making it (along with SWEEPS-04) the most distant exoplanet(s) known.^[2] This planet was found in 2006 by the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search (SWEEPS) program that uses the transit method.

This hot Jupiter has a mass 9.7 times that of Jupiter and a radius of 1.13 times that of Jupiter. The planet orbits at about 1.75 times closer to the star than 51 Pegasi b is to 51 Pegasi, taking only 1.8 days or 43 hours to orbit the star.

See also

• SWEEPS-04
• SWEEPS-10

References

External links

• The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: Notes for planet SWEEPS-11

Coordinates: 17^h 59^m 02.67^s, −29° 11′ 53.5″

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