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SWEEPS-10 is as of June 2007 the planet candidate with the shortest orbital period yet found. The planet orbits the star SWEEPS J175902.00−291323.7 located in the Galactic bulge at a distance of approximately 22000 light years from Earth (based on a distance modulus of 14.1). It completes an orbit of its star (designated SWEEPS J175902.00−291323.7) in just 10 hours.

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