Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search

Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search
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Alternative namesSWEEPS
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The Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search, or SWEEPS, was a 2006 astronomical survey project using the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys - Wide Field Channel to monitor 180,000 stars for seven days to detect extrasolar planets via the transit method.[1]

Area examined

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SWEEPS search area.
SWEEPS search area detail.

The stars that were monitored in this astronomical survey were all located in the Sagittarius-I Window.[2] The Sagittarius Window is a rare view to the Milky Way's central bulge stars: our view to most of the galaxy's central stars is generally blocked by lanes of dust.[3] These stars in the galaxy's central bulge region are approximately 27,000 light years from Earth.[2]

Planets discovered

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Sixteen candidate planets were discovered with orbital periods ranging from 0.6 to 4.2 days. Planets with orbital periods less than 1.2 days have not previously been detected, and have been dubbed "ultra-short period planets" (USPPs) by the search team. USPPs were discovered only around low-mass stars, suggesting that larger stars destroyed any planets orbiting so closely or that planets were unable to migrate as far inward around larger stars.[4]

Planets were found with roughly the same frequency of occurrence as in the local neighborhood of Earth.[2]

SWEEPS-4 and SWEEPS-11 orbited stars that were sufficiently visually distinct from their neighbors that follow-up observations using the radial velocity method were possible, allowing their masses to be determined.[2]

This table is constructed from information obtained from the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia and SIMBAD databases that reference the Nature article as their source.[4]

Star Constellation Right
ascension 		Declination App.
mag. 		Distance (ly) Spectral
type 		Planet Mass
(MJ) 		Radius
(RJ) 		Orbital
period
(d) 		Semimajor
axis
(AU) 		Orbital
eccentricity 		Inclination
(°) 		Discovery
year
SWEEPS J175853.29-291233.5 Sagittarius 17h 58m 53s −29° 12′ 33″ 22.2 ~22000 SWEEPS-01 ? 1.01 1.56 0.025 ? 86+ 2006
SWEEPS J175853.38-291217.8 Sagittarius 17h 58m 53s −29° 12′ 18″ 25.1 ~22000 SWEEPS-02 ? 1.37 0.912 0.015 ? 86+ 2006
SWEEPS J175853.57-291144.1 Sagittarius 17h 58m 53s −29° 11′ 44″ 22.5 ~22000 SWEEPS-03 ? 0.87 1.27 0.021 ? 86+ 2006
SWEEPS J175853.92−291120.6 Sagittarius 17h 58m 54s −29° 11′ 21″ 18.8 ~22000 SWEEPS-04 <3.8 0.81 4.2 0.055 ? 87+ 2006
SWEEPS J175854.60-291128.2 Sagittarius 17h 58m 55s −29° 11′ 28″ 23.9 ~22000 SWEEPS-05 ? 1.09 2.313 0.030 ? 87+ 2006
SWEEPS J175857.29-291253.4 Sagittarius 17h 58m 57s −29° 12′ 53″ 19.5 ~22000 SWEEPS-06 ? 0.82 3.039 0.042 ? 86+ 2006
SWEEPS J175857.69-291114.5 Sagittarius 17h 58m 58s −29° 11′ 15″ 21.5 ~22000 SWEEPS-07 ? 0.9 1.747 0.027 ? 86+ 2006
SWEEPS J175859.24-291328.7 Sagittarius 17h 58m 59s −29° 13′ 29″ 21.7 ~22000 SWEEPS-08 ? 0.98 0.868 0.017 ? 84+ 2006
SWEEPS J175859.60-291211.8 Sagittarius 17h 59m 00s −29° 12′ 12″ 22.5 ~22000 SWEEPS-09 ? 1.01 1.617 0.025 ? 86+ 2006
SWEEPS J175902.00-291323.7 Sagittarius 17h 59m 02s −29° 13′ 24″ 26.2 ~22000 SWEEPS-10 ? 1.24 0.424 0.008 ? 84+ 2006
SWEEPS J175902.67−291153.5 Sagittarius 17h 59m 03s −29° 11′ 54″ 19.83 ~22000 SWEEPS-11 9.7 1.13 1.796 0.03 ? 84+ 2006
SWEEPS J175904.44-291317.1 Sagittarius 17h 59m 04s −29° 13′ 17″ 21.8 ~22000 SWEEPS-12 ? 0.91 2.952 0.038 ? 87+ 2006
SWEEPS J175905.95-291305.6 Sagittarius 17h 59m 04s −29° 13′ 17″ 21.38 ~22000 SWEEPS-13 ? 0.78 1.684 0.027 ? 86+ 2006
SWEEPS J175907.56-291039.8 Sagittarius 17h 59m 04s −29° 13′ 17″ 22.38 ~22000 SWEEPS-14 ? 0.93 2.965 0.037 ? 87+ 2006
SWEEPS J175907.64-291023.7 Sagittarius 17h 59m 04s −29° 13′ 17″ 25.66 ~22000 SWEEPS-15 ? 1.37 0.541 0.010 ? 84+ 2006
SWEEPS J175908.44-291140.6 Sagittarius 17h 59m 08s −29° 11′ 41″ 23.78 ~22000 SWEEPS-16 ? 1.4 0.969 0.017 ? 85+ 2006

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SIMBAD Details on Acronym: SWEEPS". SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  2. ^ a b c d Sahu, K. C.; et al. (2007). "Planets in the Galactic Bulge: Results from the SWEEPS Project". ASP Conference Series. 393: 93. arXiv:0711.4059. Bibcode:2008ASPC..398...93S.
  3. ^ Piotr Popowski; Kem Cook; Andrew Becker (December 2003). "The Large-Scale Extinction Map Of The Galactic Bulge From The MACHO Project Photometry". The Astronomical Journal. 126 (6): 2910–2921. arXiv:astro-ph/0303075. Bibcode:2003AJ....126.2910P. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.255.3790. doi:10.1086/379291. S2CID 3045646.
  4. ^ a b Sahu, K. C.; et al. (2006). "Transiting extrasolar planetary candidates in the Galactic bulge". Nature. 443 (7111): 534–540. arXiv:astro-ph/0610098. Bibcode:2006Natur.443..534S. doi:10.1038/nature05158. PMID 17024085. S2CID 4403395.
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