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SWEEPS-11 is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star SWEEPS J175902.67−291153.5 in the constellation Sagittarius approximately 22000 light years away from the Solar System (based on a distance modulus of 14.1). This planet was found in 2006 by the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search (SWEEPS) program that uses transit method.This hot Jupiter has a mass 9.7 times that of Jupiter and a radius of 1.13 times Jupiter.

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