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Microlensing · 2014

OGLE-2008-BLG-355L b

This world the light you see left it 22.2 thousand years ago.

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

OGLE-2008-BLG-355L b is a gas giant orbiting OGLE-2008-BLG-355L, a star 22.2 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 1.2 times the size of Jupiter (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 4.7 Jupiter masses.

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

It was discovered in 2014 by microlensing with OGLE. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.

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