Details on Acronym: XO | |
XO | |
Write: | <<XO -NNW>> <<XO -NNa>> |
Object: | * + Poss. Planet (SIMBAD class: Planet_Candidate = Extra-solar Planet Candidate) |
Note: | The XO Project is a photometric search for Jovian planets transiting very bright stars. The stars proposed typically will have GSC or 2MASS (but not HR, HD, or BD) designations, and a shorter designation than the GSC or 2MASS designation is useful. The XO project is described in 2005PASP..117..783M. |
Ref: | =2006ApJ...648.1228M |
by | McCULLOUGH P.R. , STYS J.E., VALENTI J.A., JOHNS-KRULL C.M., JANES K.A., HEASLEY J.N., BYE B.A., DODD C., FLEMING S.W., PINNICK A., BISSINGER R., GARY B.L., HOWELL P.J., VANMUNSTER T. |
Astrophys. J., 648, 1228-1238 (2006) | |
A transiting planet of a Sun-like star. | |
o | Table 1, Fig.1: <XO-N> (No. 1), <XO-Na> (No. 1b). Table 1, Fig.1: <[MSV2006] N> (Nos 1-8). |
Ref: | =2007ApJ...671.2115B |
by | BURKE C.J. , McCULLOUGH P.R., VALENTI J.A., JOHNS-KRULL C.M., JANES K.A., HEASLEY J.N., SUMMERS F.J., STYS J.E., BISSINGER R., FLEENOR M.L., FOOTE C.N., GARCIA-MELENDO E., GARY B.L., HOWELL P.J., MALLIA F., MASI G., TAYLOR B., VANMUNSTER T. |
Astrophys. J., 671, 2115-2128 (2007) | |
XO-2b: transiting hot Jupiter in a metal-rich common proper motion binary. | |
o | Text: <XO-2b>. Table 2: <XO-NW> (Nos 2N, 2S). |
Ref: | =2007AAS...210.9605J |
by | JOHNS-KRULL C.M. , McCULLOUGH P.M., BURKE C.J., VALENTI J.A., JANES K.A., HEASLEY J.N., BISSINGER R., FLEENOR M., FOOTE C.N., GARCIA-MELENDO E., GARY B.L., HOWELL P.J., MALLIA F., MASI G., PRATO L.A., VANMUNSTER T. |
AAS, 210, 9605 (2007) | |
The unusual transiting extra-solar planet orbiting XO-3. | |
o | <XO-N> (No. 3) added, <XO-Nb> (No. 3b) added. |
Ref: | =2008ApJ...686.1331B |
by | BURKE C.J. , McCULLOUGH P.R., VALENTI J.A., LONG D., JOHNS-KRULL C.M., MACHALEK P., JANES K.A., TAYLOR B., FLEENOR M.L., FOOTE C.N., GARY B.L., GARCIA-MELENDO E., GREGORIO J., VANMUNSTER T. |
Astrophys. J., 686, 1331-1340 (2008) | |
XO-5b: a transiting Jupiter-sized planet with a 4 day period. | |
o | <XO-5>, <XO-5b>. |
Ref: | =2017AJ....153...94C |
by | CROUZET N. , McCULLOUGH P.R., LONG D., MONTANES RODRIGUEZ P., LECAVELIER DES ETANGS A., RIBAS I., BOURRIER V., HEBRARD G., VILARDELL F., DELEUIL M., HERRERO E., GARCIA-MELENDO E., AKHENAK L., FOOTE J., GARY B., BENNI P., GUILLOT T., CONJAT M., MEKARNIA D., GARLITZ J., BURKE C.J., COURCOL B., DEMANGEON O. |
Astron. J., 153, 94-94 (2017) | |
Discovery of XO-6b: a hot Jupiter transiting a fast rotating F5 star on an oblique orbit. | |
o | <XO-N> (No. 6) added, <XO-Nb> (No. 6b) added. |
Origin | of the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5 |