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OGLE-TR-132

OGLE-TR-132
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Carina[1]
Right ascension 10h 50m 34.72s[1]
Declination –61° 57′ 25.9″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 15.72[1]
Distance4,892 ly
(1,500[2] pc)
Spectral typeF[3]
Database references
SIMBADdata

OGLE-TR-132 is a distant magnitude 15.72 star in the star fields of the constellation Carina. Because of its great distance, about 4,900 light-years, and location in the crowded field it was not notable in any way. Because its apparent brightness changes when one of its planets transits, the star has been given the variable star designation V742 Carinae. The spectral type of the star is type F. A yellow-white, very metal-rich dwarf star, it is slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun.

Planetary system

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In 2003 the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) detected periodic dimming in the star's light curve indicating a transiting, planetary-sized object.[1] Since low-mass red dwarfs and brown dwarfs may mimic a planet radial velocity measurements were necessary to calculate the mass of the body. In 2004 the object was proved to be a new transiting extrasolar planet, OGLE-TR-132b.[3]

The OGLE-TR-132 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star) 		Mass Semimajor axis
(AU) 		Orbital period
(days) 		Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 1.14 ± 0.12 MJ 0.0306 ± 0.0008 1.689868 ± 0.000003 0 — —

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Udalski, A.; et al. (2003). "The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Additional Planetary and Low-Luminosity Object Transits from the OGLE 2001 and 2002 Observational Campaigns". Acta Astronomica. 53: 133. arXiv:astro-ph/0306444. Bibcode:2003AcA....53..133U.
  2. ^ Santos, N. C.; et al. (2006). "Chemical abundances for the transiting planet host stars OGLE-TR-10, 56, 111, 113, 132, and TrES-1". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 458 (3): 997–1005. arXiv:astro-ph/0606758. Bibcode:2006A&A...458..997S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065683. S2CID 9932745.
  3. ^ a b Bouchy, F.; et al. (2004). "Two new "very hot Jupiters" among the OGLE transiting candidates". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 421: L13–L16. arXiv:astro-ph/0404264. Bibcode:2004A&A...421L..13B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20040170. S2CID 16245079.
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