Planetary System
One known exoplanet, XO-2b (or rarely XO-2Bb), which is classified as a hot Jupiter, was discovered by the XO Telescope using the transit method orbiting XO-2 (XO-2B) in 2007.
| Companion |
Mass | Semimajor axis |
Orbital period |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XO-2b | 0.62 ± 0.02 MJ | 0.0369 ±0.002 | 2.61586178 ± 0.00000075 | 0.045 ± 0.024 | — | — |
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