XO-1b
XO-1b is an extrasolar planet. It is approximately 536 light years away. It was discovered in 2006 by the XO Project which is an international team of professional and amateur astronomers.[1] They used the transit method to find XO-1b. It a little bit larger than Jupiter. It is a hot Jupiter. The Hubble Space Telescope found water in the atmosphere of the XO-1b.[2][3]
XO-1b Media
This artist's impression shows a dramatic close-up of the extrasolar planet XO-1b passing in front of a Sun-like star 600 light-years from Earth. The Jupiter-sized planet is in a tight four-day orbit around the star.
References
- ↑ McCullough, P. R.. A Transiting Planet of a Sun-like Star (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 648 (2) (2006-09-10). p. 1228–1238. doi:10.1086/505651.
- ↑ Garner, Rob. Hubble Traces Subtle Signals of Water on Hazy Worlds. NASA (2015-05-06). Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ Deming, Drake. INFRARED TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY OF THE EXOPLANETS HD 209458b AND XO-1b USING THE WIDE FIELD CAMERA-3 ON THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE. The Astrophysical Journal 774 (2) (2013-08-20). p. 95. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/774/2/95.
