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OGLE2-TR-L9b is an extrasolar planet discovered by three undergraduate students from Leiden University Netherlands.The planet is about 4.5 times as massive as Jupiter and is the first discovered planet orbiting a fast rotating hot star.Initially discovered while testing a method for investigating light fluctuations in the OGLE database the planet’s existence was later confirmed by follow up observations from the ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile.
