OGLE-TR-56

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OGLE-TR-56 is a star located in the constellation Sagittarius, and it was confirmed in 2003 that there is an exoplanet orbiting it. The planet of this star is classified as eclipsed in planetary discovery related papers due to its transit phenomenon.In 2002, the Optical Gravity Lensing Experiment Group (OGLE) located in Poland found the planet of this star, designated as OGLE-TR-56b, through transit observations, and confirmed it by Doppler in 2003. This planet belongs to hot Jupiter, with a mass slightly larger than Jupiter, which is 1.29 ± 0.12 times that of Jupiter. Its orbital period is 1.21 days. As of 2006, this planet is the shortest orbital period among all exoplanets discovered by humans

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