Candidate Transiting Planets
There are several known stars for which potential planetary transits have been observed, however they lack enough follow-up information (such as radial velocity measurements) to rule out other hypotheses, such as the presence of a background eclipsing binary star, or a grazing transit of a larger object.
| Star | Constellation | Right ascension |
Declination | Distance |
Planet | Radius |
Orbital period |
Discovery year |
Ref | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1SWASP-J115718.66+261906.1 | Leo | 11h 57m 19s | +26° 19′ 06″ | b | 1.32 | 1.226804 | 2007 | |||
| 1SWASP-J130322.00+350525.4 | Canes Venatici | 13h 03m 22s | +35° 05′ 25″ | b | 1.06 | 2.674207 | 2007 | Transit shape suggests this may be a grazing eclipsing binary. | ||
| 1SWASP-J152131.01+213521.3 | Serpens Caput | 15h 21m 31s | +21° 35′ 21″ | b | 1.62 | 1.338018 | 2007 | |||
| 1SWASP-J160242.43+290850.1 | Corona Borealis | 16h 02m 42s | +29° 08′ 50″ | b | 1.53 | 1.304693 | 2007 | Transit shape suggests this may be a grazing eclipsing binary. | ||
| SWEEPS J175853.29−291233.5 | Sagittarius | 17h 58m 53s | −29° 12′ 34″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-01 | 1.01 | 1.566 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175853.38–291217.8 | Sagittarius | 17h 58m 53s | −29° 12′ 18″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-02 | 1.37 | 0.912 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175853.57–291144.1 | Sagittarius | 17h 58m 54s | –29° 11′ 44″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-03 | 0.87 | 1.279 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175854.60–291128.2 | Sagittarius | 17h 58m 55s | –29° 11′ 28″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-05 | 1.09 | 2.313 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175857.29–291253.4 | Sagittarius | 17h 58m 57s | –29° 12′ 53″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-06 | 0.82 | 3.039 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175857.69–291114.5 | Sagittarius | 17h 58m 58s | –29° 11′ 15″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-07 | 0.90 | 1.747 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175859.24–291328.7 | Sagittarius | 17h 58m 59s | –29° 13′ 29″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-08 | 0.98 | 0.868 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175859.60–291211.8 | Sagittarius | 17h 59m 00s | –29° 12′ 12″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-09 | 1.01 | 1.617 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175902.00–291323.7 | Sagittarius | 17h 59m 02s | –29° 13′ 24″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-10 | 1.24 | 0.424 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175904.44–291317.1 | Sagittarius | 17h 59m 04s | –29° 13′ 17″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-12 | 0.91 | 2.952 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175905.95–291305.6 | Sagittarius | 17h 59m 06s | –29° 13′ 06″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-13 | 0.78 | 1.684 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175907.56–291039.8 | Sagittarius | 17h 59m 08s | –29° 10′ 40″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-14 | 0.93 | 2.965 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175907.64–291023.7 | Sagittarius | 17h 59m 08s | –29° 10′ 24″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-15 | 1.37 | 0.541 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| SWEEPS J175908.44–291140.6 | Sagittarius | 17h 59m 08s | –29° 11′ 41″ | ~22000 | SWEEPS-16 | 1.40 | 0.969 | 2006 | Distance modulus = 14.1 | |
| CoRoT-102636650 | Monoceros | 06h 42m 18s | -01° 24′ 06″ | - | CoRoT-102636650 b | - | 8.1 | 2007 | ||
| CoRoT-102638570 | Monoceros | 06h 42m 21s | -01° 11′ 48″ | - | CoRoT-102638570 b | - | 6.5 | 2007 | ||
| OGLE-TR-123 | Carina | 11h 06m 51s | -61° 11′ 10″ | 500 pc | OGLE-TR-123 b | 0.41 | 1.803 | 2010 | Needs RV measurement | |
| OGLE-TR-173 | Musca | 13h 14m 56s | -65° 02′ 00″ | 100 pc | OGLE-TR-173 b | 0.43 | 2.605 | 2010 | Needs RV | |
| OGLE-TR-61 | Carina | 11h 08m 41s | -61° 07′ 59″ | 250 pc | OGLE-TR-61 b | 0.6 | 4.268 | 2010 | Needs RV | |
| OGLE-TR-74 | Carina | 11h 06m 11s | -61° 14′ 53″ | 250 pc | OGLE-TR-74 b | 0.63 | 1.581 | 2010 | Needs RV |
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