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Microlensing · 2020

KMT-2018-BLG-1292L b

This world the light you see left it 11.3 thousand years ago.

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

KMT-2018-BLG-1292L b is a gas giant orbiting KMT-2018-BLG-1292L, a star 11.3 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 1.2 times the size of Jupiter (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 4.4 Jupiter masses.

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

It was discovered in 2020 by microlensing with KMTNet. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.

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