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Microlensing · 2021

KMT-2021-BLG-0322L b

This world the light you see left it 21.5 thousand years ago.

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Size
1.1 × Jupiterestimated
A year
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Temperature
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About this world

KMT-2021-BLG-0322L b is a gas giant orbiting KMT-2021-BLG-0322L, a star 21.5 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 1.1 times the size of Jupiter (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 6.4 Jupiter masses.

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

It was discovered in 2021 by microlensing with KMTNet. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.

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