OGLE-TR-182 is a star in the constellation Carina at a distance of approximately 12700 light years. It is home to the transiting extrasolar planet discovered in October 2007.

OGLE-TR-182 b

OGLE-TR-182 b is an exoplanet that has mass of 319 Earths, or 1% greater than Jupiter and a radius 13% greater than Jupiter. The planet’s orbit takes about 4 days to orbit the star at a distance of one twentieth that of Earth’s.

References

• F. Pont, O. Tamuz, A. Udalski, T. Mazeh, F. Bouchy, C. Melo, D. Naef, N. C. Santos, C. Moutou, R. Diaz, W. Gieren, M. Gillon, S. Hoyer, M. Kubiak, M. Mayor, D. Minniti, G. Pietrzynski, D. Queloz, S. Ramirez, M. T. Ruiz, I. Soszynski, O. Szewczyk, M.K. Szymanski, S. Udry, K. Ulaczyk, L. Wyrzykowski, M. Zoccali "A transiting planet among 23 new near-threshold candidates from the OGLE survey - OGLE-TR-182". Astronomy and Astrophysics Retrieved on 2007-11-27.

External links

• The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: OGLE-TR-182
• SIMBAD: OGLE-TR-182