Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 11-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati XO-2$
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Details on Acronym:   XO
  
XO (Exoplanet)
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
byMcCULLOUGH 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.
oTable 1, Fig.1: <XO-N> (No. 1), <XO-Na> (No. 1b). Table 1, Fig.1: <[MSV2006] N> (Nos 1-8).
Ref:=2007ApJ...671.2115B
byBURKE 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.
oText: <XO-2b>. Table 2: <XO-NW> (Nos 2N, 2S).
Ref:=2007AAS...210.9605J
byJOHNS-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
byBURKE 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
byCROUZET 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.
Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5