About this world
KMT-2017-BLG-1194L b is a super-Earth orbiting KMT-2017-BLG-1194L, a star 13.8 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 1.7 times the size of Earth (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 3.5 Earth masses.
At its size it almost certainly keeps a deep envelope of hydrogen and helium.
It was discovered in 2023 by microlensing with KMTNet. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.