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Microlensing · 2022

KMT-2021-BLG-0912L b

This world the light you see left it 18.1 thousand years ago.

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Size
1.5 × Earthestimated
A year
—3.14 AU
Temperature
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About this world

KMT-2021-BLG-0912L b is a super-Earth orbiting KMT-2021-BLG-0912L, an orange dwarf (type K) 18.1 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 1.5 times the size of Earth (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 2.8 Earth masses.

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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