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SWEEPS J175859.24-291328.7 is a star located around 22,000 light years away from Earth, in the constellation of Sagittarius. This star has an unconfirmed extrasolar planet.

Characteristics[]

The designation "SWEEPS J175859.24-291328.7" is named after the project SWEEPS, formally called the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search.

Planetary system[]

In 2006, a group of astronomers working on the SWEEPS program announced the discovery of a planet, named SWEEPS-08, in this system. It is an unconfirmed planet.

Planet Mass Semimajor axis Orbital period (days) Eccentricity Inclination Radius
SWEEPS-08 N/A N/A 0.868 days N/A >84° 0.98 Jupiter radius
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