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OGLE-TR-56b

Astronomical discovery
OGLE-TR-56b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 1500 parsecs or 5000 light years away in the constellation of Sagittarius, orbiting the star OGLE-TR-56. This planet was the first known exoplanet to be discovered with the transit method. Wikipedia
Discoverer: Maciej Konacki
Distance to Earth: 4,892 light years
Discovered: November 3, 2002
Gravity: 19.81 m/s˛
Orbits: OGLE-TR-56
Mean radius: 1.30 ± 0.05 RJ
Apparent magnitude (V): 16.6