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Microlensing · 2018

OGLE-2011-BLG-0173L b

This world the light you see left it 19.9 thousand years ago.

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Size
0.8 × Jupiterestimated
A year
—8 AU
Temperature
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About this world

OGLE-2011-BLG-0173L b is a Neptune-like planet orbiting OGLE-2011-BLG-0173L, a star 19.9 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 0.8 times the size of Jupiter (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 0.19 Jupiter masses.

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

It was discovered in 2018 by microlensing with OGLE. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.

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