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Microlensing · 2022

KMT-2021-BLG-0320L b

This world the light you see left it 22.7 thousand years ago.

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Size
0.55 × Jupiterestimated
A year
—1.54 AU
Temperature
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About this world

KMT-2021-BLG-0320L b is a Neptune-like planet orbiting KMT-2021-BLG-0320L, a star 22.7 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 0.55 times the size of Jupiter (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 0.1 Jupiter masses.

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

It was discovered in 2022 by microlensing with KMTNet. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.

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