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Microlensing · 2018

KMT-2016-BLG-1820L b

This world the light you see left it 20.4 thousand years ago.

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Size
1.2 × Jupiterestimated
A year
—1.08 AU
Temperature
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About this world

KMT-2016-BLG-1820L b is a gas giant orbiting KMT-2016-BLG-1820L, a star 20.4 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 1.2 times the size of Jupiter (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 4.6 Jupiter masses.

At its size it almost certainly keeps a deep envelope of hydrogen and helium.

It was discovered in 2018 by microlensing with KMTNet. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.

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