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Microlensing · 2013

MOA-2011-BLG-322L b

This world the light you see left it 24.7 thousand years ago.

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Size
1.1 × Jupiterestimated
A year
—4.3 AU
Temperature
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About this world

MOA-2011-BLG-322L b is a gas giant orbiting MOA-2011-BLG-322L, a star 24.7 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 1.1 times the size of Jupiter (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 12 Jupiter masses.

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

It was discovered in 2013 by microlensing with MOA. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.

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