OGLE2-TR-L9b
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| Parent star | ||
| Star | OGLE2-TR-L9 | |
| Constellation | Carina | |
| Right ascension | (α) | 11h 07m 55s |
| Declination | (δ) | –61° 08′ 46″ |
| Distance | 2935 ly (900 pc) |
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| Spectral type | F3 | |
| Orbital elements | ||
| Orbital period | (P) | 2.4855335 ± 0.0000007 d |
| (59.6528 h) | ||
| Time of transit | (Tt) | 2,454,492.79765 JD |
| Physical characteristics | ||
| Mass | (m) | 4.5 ± 1.5 MJ |
| Radius | (r) | 1.61 ± 0.04 RJ |
| Discovery information | ||
| Discovery date | December 2, 2008 | |
| Discoverer(s) | Meta de Hoon Remco van der Burg Francis Vuijsje |
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| Discovery method | Transit | |
| Discovery status | Published | |
| Database references | ||
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia |
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| SIMBAD | data | |
| Exoplanet Archive | data | |
| Open Exoplanet Catalogue | data | |
OGLE2-TR-L9b is an extrasolar planet discovered by three undergraduate students from Leiden University, Netherlands. The planet is about 4.5 times as massive as Jupiter and is the first discovered planet orbiting a fast rotating hot star.[1]
Initially discovered while testing a method for investigating light fluctuations in the OGLE database, the planet's existence was later confirmed by follow up observations from the ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile.[1]
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Coordinates: 
11h 07m 55s, −61° 08′ 46″
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